Locked nucleic acids (LNA) and medical applications

Letters in Peptide Science

Volumn 10, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 325-334

  Ørum, Henrik ^a   Wolter, Andreas ^b   Kongsbak, Lars ^c  

^a Santaris Pharma AS   (Denmark)

^b 21147 Hamburg Germany   (Germany)

^c Exiqon AS   (Denmark)

Author keywords

affinity; antisense; biodistribution; capture probes; cellular uptake; detection by hybridisation; LNA primers; Locked Nucleic Acids (LNA); multiplex PCR; nuclease resistance; RNaseH recruiment; specificity; toxicity

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA; LOCKED NUCLEIC ACID; NUCLEASE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; PRIMER DNA;

BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CELL TRANSPORT; CHIMERA; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SYNTHESIS; ENZYME STABILITY; GENOMICS; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; NUCLEIC ACID PROBE; NUCLEIC ACID SYNTHESIS; NUCLEIC ACID TRANSPORT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW;

EID: 11144249927     PISSN: 09295666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02484567     Document Type: Review

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