Dendritic nucleic acid structures

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 187, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 273-284

  Nilsen, Thor W ^a   Grayzel, Joseph ^b   Prensky, Wolf ^c  

^a Polyprobe Inc   (United States)

^b Datascope Corp   (United States)

^c St Vincents Midtown Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIMER; NUCLEIC ACID;

ARTICLE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NUCLEIC ACID STRUCTURE; PHYSICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031582632     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.1997.0446     Document Type: Article

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