Synthesis of threose nucleic acid (TNA) triphosphates and oligonucleotides by polymerase-mediated primer extension

Current Protocols in Nucleic Acid Chemistry

Volumn , Issue SUPPL.52, 2013, Pages

  Zhang, Su ^a   Yu, Hanyang ^a   Chaput, John C ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative nucleic acids; Oligonucleotide; Polymerase mediated primer extension; Threose nucleic acid (TNA); Triphosphates

Indexed keywords

CYTIDINE; DNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE ALPHA; DNA POLYMERASE; GUANOSINE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; THYMIDINE; DNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; ERYTHROSE; POLYPHOSPHATE; PRIMER DNA; TETROSE; TRIPHOSPHORIC ACID;

ARTICLE; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; NUCLEIC ACID SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNTHESIS;

CYTIDINE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; GUANOSINE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; POLYPHOSPHATES; TETROSES; THYMIDINE;

EID: 84880733476     PISSN: 19349270     EISSN: 19349289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/0471142700.nc0454s52     Document Type: Article

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