Sequence-selective assembly of tweezer molecules on linear templates enables frameshift-reading of sequence information

Nature Chemistry

Volumn 2, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 653-660

  Zhu, Zhixue ^a   Cardin, Christine J ^a   Gan, Yu ^a   Colquhoun, Howard M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMIDE; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; HYDROGEN BOND; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; HYDROGEN BONDING; IMIDES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; POLYMERS;

EID: 77954911038     PISSN: 17554330     EISSN: 17554349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchem.699     Document Type: Article

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