Synthesis and properties of the simplified nucleic acid glycol nucleic acid

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1092-1102

  Meggers, Eric ^a   Zhang, Lilu ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; DNA; GLYCOL; METAL; NICKEL; NUCLEIC ACID; NUCLEOSIDE; NUCLEOTIDE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; PROPYLENE GLYCOL; RNA;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; SYNTHESIS;

BASE PAIRING; COPPER; DNA; GLYCOLS; METALS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NICKEL; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; NUCLEIC ACIDS; NUCLEOSIDES; NUCLEOTIDES; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; PROPYLENE GLYCOL; RNA;

EID: 77955673307     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: 15204898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar900292q     Document Type: Article

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