Kinetic analysis of specificity of duplex DNA targeting by homopyrimidine peptide nucleic acids

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 2763-2769

  Demidov, Vadim V ^a   Yavnilovich, Michael V ^b   Frank Kamenetskii, Maxim D ^a  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; PEPTIDE NUCLEIC ACID; PYRIDINE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; DNA BINDING; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; KINETICS;

EID: 0030950271     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(97)78918-5     Document Type: Article

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