Study of the mechanism of interaction of oligonucleotides with the 3′-terminal region of tRNAPhe by computer modeling

Molecular Biology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 777-784

  Vorobjev, Yu N ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL BIOLOGY AND FUNDAMENTAL MEDICINE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Antisense oligonucleotides; Computer based modeling; Structure of tRNA oligonucleotide complexes; tRNA

Indexed keywords

EID: 27744586947     PISSN: 00268933     EISSN: 16083245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11008-005-0093-x     Document Type: Article

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