Understanding nucleic acids using synthetic chemistry

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 784-797

  Benner, Steven A ^a,b,c,d  

^a University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORIC ACID; DNA; MINERAL; NUCLEIC ACID; NUCLEIC ACID BASE; PHOSPHATE; PREBIOTIC AGENT; RIBOSE; SUGAR; WATER;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; DNA STRAND; EVOLUTION; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; LABORATORY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MOLECULE; NONHUMAN; PATIENT CARE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SUBSTITUTION THERAPY;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA; GENES, SYNTHETIC; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; NUCLEIC ACIDS; RIBOSE;

EID: 6944225455     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar040004z     Document Type: Article

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