Cooperative strand displacement by peptide nucleic acid (PNA)

Chemistry and Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 81-89

  Kurakin, Alexei ^a,b   Larsen, H Jakob ^a   Nielsen, Peter E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti gene agent; Invasion of duplex DNA; Ionic strength; Peptide nucleic acid

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032007456     PISSN: 10745521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1074-5521(98)90142-9     Document Type: Article

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