The 6-methoxymethyl derivative of pyrrolo-dC for selective fluorometric detection of guanosine-containing sequences

Nucleosides, Nucleotides and Nucleic Acids

Volumn 26, Issue 6-7, 2007, Pages 533-537

  Hudson, Robert H E ^a   Choghamarani, Arash Ghorbani ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Base discriminating fluorophores; DNA; Fluorescence; Pyrrolocytidine

Indexed keywords

6 METHOXYMETHYLPYRROLOCYTIDINE; CYTIDINE DERIVATIVE; DNA; GUANOSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRAND; DNA STRUCTURE; DNA SYNTHESIS; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; FLUOROMETRY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

BASE SEQUENCE; DEOXYGUANOSINE; DNA; FLUOROMETRY; NUCLEIC ACID DENATURATION;

EID: 36949031273     PISSN: 15257770     EISSN: 15322335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15257770701489839     Document Type: Conference Paper

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