Replacing the nucleobases in DNA with designer molecules

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 936-943

  Kool, Eric T ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; LIGAND; NUCLEIC ACID BASE; NUCLEOSIDE; SYNTHETIC DNA;

ARTICLE; BIOMIMETICS; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SYNTHESIS; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; REACTION ANALYSIS; SUPRAMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY;

BIOMIMETICS; DNA; LIGANDS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEOSIDES;

EID: 0036851660     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar000183u     Document Type: Article

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