Two sides of the coin: Affinity and specificity of nucleic acid interactions

Trends in Biochemical Sciences

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 62-71

  Demidov, Vadim V ^a   Frank Kamenetskii, Maxim D ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; NUCLEIC ACID; NUCLEIC ACID BASE; OLIGOMER; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; RNA;

BINDING AFFINITY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR PROBE; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0442323636     PISSN: 09680004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tibs.2003.12.007     Document Type: Review

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