Novel bimodular DNA aptamers with guanosine quadruplexes inhibit phylogenetically diverse HIV-1 reverse transcriptases

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 36, Issue 22, 2008, Pages 7124-7135

  Michalowski, Daniel ^a   Chitima Matsiga, Rebecca ^a   Held, Daniel M ^a   Burke, Donald H ^a  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APTAMER; CATION; GUANINE QUADRUPLEX; GUANOSINE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE, HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE INHIBITOR; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG ANTAGONISM; MUTATION; PHYLOGENY;

APTAMERS, NUCLEOTIDE; CATIONS; DNA, SINGLE-STRANDED; G-QUADRUPLEXES; GUANOSINE; HIV REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE; MUTATION; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE INHIBITORS;

EID: 58749093598     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkn891     Document Type: Article

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