The importance of being r: Greater oxidative stability of RNA compared with DNA

Chemistry and Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2000, Pages

  Thorp, H Holden ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DNA STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR STABILITY; OXIDATION; RNA STRUCTURE;

EID: 0034141589     PISSN: 10745521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1074-5521(00)00080-6     Document Type: Note

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