Hybridization kinetics and thermodynamics of molecular beacons

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1319-1330

  Tsourkas, Andrew ^b   Behlke, Mark A ^a   Rose, Scott D ^a   Bao, Gang ^b  

^a INTEGRATED DNA TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^b Emory University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING AFFINITY; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSOCIATION CONSTANT; GENE TARGETING; KINETICS; MOLECULAR HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR PROBE; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

DNA PROBES; KINETICS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; NUCLEIC ACID DENATURATION; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0037440736     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkg212     Document Type: Review

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