Secondary structure dimorphism and interconversion between hairpin and duplex form of oligoribonucleotides

Antisense and Nucleic Acid Drug Development

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 507-516

  Kirchner, Roland ^a   Vogtherr, Martin ^a   Limmer, Stefan ^a   Sprinzl, Mathias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; OLIGORIBONUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; DIMERIZATION; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RNA CONFORMATION; RNA SEQUENCE;

EID: 0032436204     PISSN: 10872906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/oli.1.1998.8.507     Document Type: Article

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