Peptide nucleic acids and their structural modifications

Acta Biochimica Polonica

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 509-529

  Falkiewicz, Bogdan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GDA SK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Nucleic acid analogues; Nucleic acid hybrids; Nucleic acid structures; Nucleoamino acids; Nucleopeptides; Peptide (polyamide) nucleic acids

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDE NUCLEIC ACID;

CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CONFORMATION; IN VITRO STUDY; METABOLISM; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; REVIEW;

MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PEPTIDE NUCLEIC ACIDS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

EID: 0033250565     PISSN: 0001527X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18388/abp.1999_4127     Document Type: Review

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