Enhanced oligonucleotide binding to self-assembled nanofibers

Bioconjugate Chemistry

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 501-503

  Guler, Mustafa O ^a   Pokorski, Jonathan K ^a   Appella, Daniel H ^a   Stupp, Samuel I ^a,b,c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Northwestern University   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; RNA; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

DNA DUPLEXES; FLUORESCENCE POLARIZATION; HIGH AFFINITY; HIGH SPECIFICITY; MEASUREMENTS OF; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE BINDING; PEPTIDE AMPHIPHILES; PEPTIDE NUCLEIC ACID; SELF-ASSEMBLE; SELF-ASSEMBLED PEPTIDES;

NANOFIBERS;

AMPHOPHILE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; PEPTIDE NUCLEIC ACID; RNA;

ARTICLE; CONJUGATION; FIBER; FLUORESCENCE POLARIZATION; MELTING POINT; THERMOSTABILITY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 18844381887     PISSN: 10431802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bc050053b     Document Type: Article

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