Bi-stranded, multisite replication of a base pair between difluorotoluene and adenine: Confirmation by 'inverse' sequencing

Chemistry and Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 919-926

  Liu, Dongyu ^a   Moran, Sean ^a   Kool, Eric T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrogen bonding; Klenow fragment; Maxam Gilbert chemistry; Nonpolar isostere

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031444926     PISSN: 10745521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1074-5521(97)90300-8     Document Type: Article

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