Peptide nucleic acids: A novel approach

Current Chemical Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 110-121

  Sahu, Nitendra ^a   Shilakari, Gyati ^a   Nayak, Amit ^a   Kohli, Dharm Veer ^a  

^a DR H S GOUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Antigene therapy; Antisense therapy; Glucosamine nucleic acid; Oligonucleotide; Peptide nucleic acid; Tolemerase

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA POLYMERASE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; FUSED CARBON NITROGEN HETEROCYCLE; LIPOSOME; MESSENGER RNA; NUCLEIC ACID BASE; NUCLEIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PEPTIDE NUCLEIC ACID; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; RIBOZYME; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTISENSE THERAPY; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; BASE PAIRING; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; BIOSENSOR; CANCER GENE THERAPY; CANCER INHIBITION; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHIRALITY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA PROBE; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRUCTURE; DRUG DNA BINDING; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG RESEARCH; DRUG SOLUBILITY; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC STABILITY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHOBICITY; INTERNALIZATION; NONHUMAN; NONVIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; NONVIRAL GENE THERAPY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLIGOMERIZATION; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA BINDING; RNA STRUCTURE; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THERMOSTABILITY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VIRUS INHIBITION;

EID: 48249145460     PISSN: 18723136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/187231308784220518     Document Type: Review

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