Cyclohexenyl nucleic acids: Conformationally flexible oligonucleotides

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 2452-2463

  Nauwelaerts, Koen ^a   Lescrinier, Eveline ^a   Sclep, Gert ^a   Herdewijn, Piet ^a  

^a REGA INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Belgium)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CYCLOHEXENE DERIVATIVE; CYTOSINE; DEOXYRIBOSE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; GUANINE; MONOMER; NUCLEIC ACID; NUCLEOSIDE DERIVATIVE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; THYMINE; TRITIUM; CYCLOHEXANE DERIVATIVE; NUCLEOSIDE; OLIGODEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENERGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMODYNAMICS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

BASE SEQUENCE; CYCLOHEXANES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; NUCLEOSIDES; OLIGODEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDES;

EID: 18244368996     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gki538     Document Type: Article

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