Tetramolecular quadruplex stability and assembly

Topics in Current Chemistry

Volumn 330, Issue , 2013, Pages 243-274

  Tran, Phong Lan Thao ^a,b   De Cian, Anne ^c   Gros, Julien ^c   Moriyama, Rui ^a,b   Mergny, Jean Louis ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b INSERM U869   (France)

^c MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Association kinetics; Chemical modifications; Nanotechnology and biotechnology applications; Tetramolecular quadruplexes; Thermal stability

Indexed keywords

DNA; GUANINE QUADRUPLEX; RNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; DNA DENATURATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; DNA; G-QUADRUPLEXES; HUMANS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NUCLEIC ACID DENATURATION; RNA;

EID: 84875900813     PISSN: 03401022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/128-2012-334     Document Type: Article

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