The chemistry of peptide nucleic acids

Minerva Biotecnologica

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 163-174

  Sforza, Stefano ^a   Corradini, Roberto ^a   Galaverna, Gianni ^a   Dossena, Arnaldo ^a   Marchelli, Rosangela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chirality; Duplex; Hybridization; Monomers; Oligomers; Peptide nucleic acids; Synthesis; Triplex

Indexed keywords

ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; DNA; PEPTIDE NUCLEIC ACID;

BINDING AFFINITY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMPLEX FORMATION; OLIGOMERIZATION; RACEMIC MIXTURE; REVIEW; SYNTHESIS; THERMOSTABILITY;

EID: 0033395901     PISSN: 11204826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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