Peptide nucleic acids: Cellular delivery and recognition of DNA and RNA targets

Letters in Peptide Science

Volumn 10, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 347-352

  Corey, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

antisense; cationic lipid; hybridization; peptide; peptide nucleic acid; PNA; strand invasion; telomerase

Indexed keywords

DNA; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; MESSENGER RNA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; PEPTIDE NUCLEIC ACID; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; RNA; TELOMERASE;

COMPLEX FORMATION; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRUCTURE; GENE TARGETING; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; REVIEW; RNA HYBRIDIZATION; RNA STRUCTURE;

EID: 11144322137     PISSN: 09295666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02484569     Document Type: Review

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