PNA technology

Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology - Part B Molecular Biotechnology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 233-248

  Nielsen, Peter E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Antisense; DNA recognition; Gene targeting; Genetic diagnostics; Peptide nucleic acid

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC PRODUCTS; DNA; DRUG PRODUCTS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OLIGOMERS; RNA;

ANTISENSE; DNA RECOGNITION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC DIAGNOSTICS; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; PEPTIDE NUCLEIC ACIDS (PNA); PNA OLIGOMERS;

POLYPEPTIDES;

ANTIGEN; ASPARTYL LYSYLLYSYLTRYPTOPHANYLLYSYLMETHIONYLARGINYLARGINYLASPARAGINYLGLUTAMINYL PHENYLALANYLTRYPTOPHANYLVALYLLYSYLVALYLGLUTAMINYLARGININE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; COMPLEMENTARY RNA; DNA; GLYCYLARGINYLLYSYLLYSYLARGINYLARGINYLGLUTAMINYLARGINYLARGINYLARGINYLPROLYL PROLYLGLUTAMINE; GLYCYLTRYPTOPHANYLTHREONYLLEUCYLASPARAGINYLSERYLALANYLGLYCYLTYROSYLLEUCYL LEUCYLGLYCYLLYSYLISOLEUCYLASPARAGINYLLEUCYLALANYLALANYLLEUCYLALANYLLYSYLLYSYL ISOLEUCYLLEUCINE; OLIGOMER; PENETRATIN; PEPTIDE NUCLEIC ACID; PHENYLALANYLLEUCINE; PSEUDOPEPTIDE; RNA; SOMATOSTATIN DERIVATIVE; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; INTERCALATING AGENT;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; BIOLOGY; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DNA HELIX; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE TARGETING; GENE THERAPY; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; MEDICINE; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MOLECULE; NONHUMAN; NONVIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; NUCLEIC ACID PROBE; NUCLEIC ACID STRUCTURE; NUCLEIC ACID SYNTHESIS; NUCLEIC ACID TRANSPORT; REVIEW; GENETICS; HYDROGEN BOND;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTISENSE ELEMENTS (GENETICS); ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; DNA; HYDROGEN BONDING; INTERCALATING AGENTS; PEPTIDE NUCLEIC ACIDS; RNA;

EID: 7444245899     PISSN: 10736085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/MB:26:3:233     Document Type: Review

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