Rational recognition of nucleic acid sequences

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 29-33

  Iida, Hirokazu ^a   Jia, Guofeng ^a   Lown, J William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 [5 (4 METHYL 1 PIPERAZINYL)[2,5' BI 1H BENZIMIDAZOL] 2' YL]PHENOL; CONGOCIDINE; DIMINAZENE ACETURATE; DISTAMYCIN A; DNA; IMIDAZOLE; LEXITROPSIN; PENTAMIDINE; RNA;

CONJUGATE; DNA DRUG COMPLEX; DRUG DESIGN; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; X RAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032947583     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0958-1669(99)80006-8     Document Type: Article

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