Multistranded DNA structures

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 305-314

  Gilbert, Dara E ^a   Feigon, Juli ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATION; DNA; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA;

DNA CONFORMATION; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA HELIX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRIPLE HELIX;

EID: 0033150944     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-440X(99)80041-4     Document Type: Article

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