A 15-base acridine-conjugated oligodeoxynucleotide forms triplex DNA with its IL-2Rα promoter target with greatly improved avidity

Bioconjugate Chemistry

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 318-326

  Klysik, Jan ^a   Kinsey, Berma M ^a   Hua, Pascal ^a   Glass, G Alexander ^a   Orson, Frank M ^a  

^a MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; SODIUM HYDROXIDE;

BAND SHIFT; DUPLEX DNA; FOOTPRINTING; IN-VIVO; INTERLEUKIN2 (IL2); OLIGODEOXYNUCLEOTIDES; OLIGOPYRIMIDINE; PROMOTER REGION; SYNTHESISED; TRIPLEX DNA;

OLIGONUCLEOTIDES;

EID: 0031149794     PISSN: 10431802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bc970017f     Document Type: Article

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