Oligonucleotides and derivatives as gene-specific control agents

Nucleosides, Nucleotides and Nucleic Acids

Volumn 22, Issue 5-8, 2003, Pages 489-505

  Sun, Jian Sheng ^a   Hélène, Claude ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Chemical genomics; Gene chemistry

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; GENE PRODUCT; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE;

CHIMERA; CONFERENCE PAPER; DERIVATIZATION; DNA BINDING; DNA HELIX; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC MANIPULATION; GENOMICS; HYDROGEN BOND; LIGAND BINDING; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENOME; HUMANS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; PEPTIDE NUCLEIC ACIDS; RNA, MESSENGER;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0141760515     PISSN: 15257770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/NCN-120021950     Document Type: Conference Paper

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