A general synthesis of specifically deuterated nucleotides for studies of DNA and RNA

Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 21, 2002, Pages 3093-3096

  Chen, Bingzi ^a   Jamieson, Elizabeth R ^a   Tullius, Thomas D ^a  

^a Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDE; DEUTERIUM; DNA; NUCLEIC ACID; NUCLEOSIDE; RIBONUCLEOTIDE; RIBONUCLEOTIDE REDUCTASE; RNA;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NUCLEIC ACID STRUCTURE; NUCLEOTIDE METABOLISM; SYNTHESIS; TETRAHYMENA;

ANIMALS; DEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDES; DEUTERIUM; DNA; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; ISOTOPE LABELING; PHOSPHORYLATION; RIBONUCLEOTIDE REDUCTASES; RIBONUCLEOTIDES; RIBOSE; RNA; RNA, CATALYTIC; TETRAHYMENA;

EID: 0037020717     PISSN: 0960894X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-894X(02)00650-9     Document Type: Article

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