The i-motif in nucleic acids

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 326-331

  Guéron, Maurice ^a   Leroy, Jean Louis ^a  

^a Grp Biophysique l'Ecl P   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; NUCLEIC ACID; PEPTIDE; PHOSPHOROTHIOIC ACID; PROTEIN; RNA;

CENTROMERE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DNA SEQUENCE; HYDROGEN BOND; INTERCALATION COMPLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA STRUCTURE; TELOMERE;

EID: 0042601601     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-440X(00)00091-9     Document Type: Review

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