Why ribose was selected as the sugar component of nucleic acids

DNA and Cell Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 189-196

  Banfalvi, Gaspar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABINOSE; LYXOSE; NUCLEIC ACID; RIBOSE; SUGAR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XYLOSE;

ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONFORMATION; MOLECULAR MODEL; NUCLEIC ACID STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOCHEMISTRY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

CARBOHYDRATE CONFORMATION; EVOLUTION, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; NUCLEIC ACIDS; RIBOSE;

EID: 33645512620     PISSN: 10445498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/dna.2006.25.189     Document Type: Article

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