The chemical synthesis of DNA/RNA: Our gift to science

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 288, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 1420-1427

  Caruthers, Marvin H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; RNA; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

BIOLOGICAL PROBLEMS; IS METHODOLOGIES; NEW APPROACHES; RESEARCH TOOLS; SCIENTIFIC CONTRIBUTIONS; SYNTHETIC DNA;

NUCLEIC ACIDS;

DEOXYCYTIDINE; ERYTHROPOIETIN; OLIGOMER; RNA POLYMERASE; DNA; RNA;

ALKYLATION; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; BIOTECHNOLOGY; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA SYNTHESIS; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MUTAGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SYNTHESIS; SYNTHESIS;

DNA; RNA;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84875411302     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.X112.442855     Document Type: Article

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