An extremely stable and orthogonal DNA base pair with a simplified three-carbon backbone

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 74-75

  Zhang, Lilu ^a   Meggers, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DNA;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; DNA STRUCTURE; DNA SYNTHESIS; MELTING POINT; MOLECULAR STABILITY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THERMOSTABILITY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

BASE PAIRING; DEOXYRIBOSE; DNA; HYDROGEN BONDING; HYDROPHOBICITY; NUCLEOTIDES; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; OXYQUINOLINE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET;

EID: 11844274680     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja043904j     Document Type: Article

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