Incorporation of thio-pseudoisocytosine into triplex-forming peptide nucleic acids for enhanced recognition of RNA duplexes

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 4008-4018

  Devi, Gitali ^a   Yuan, Zhen ^a   Lu, Yunpeng ^a   Zhao, Yanli ^a   Chen, Gang ^a  

^a Nanyang Technological University   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASE PAIRING; CYTOSINE; DNA; FRAMESHIFTING, RIBOSOMAL; HIV-1; PEPTIDE NUCLEIC ACIDS; RNA; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED; RNA, VIRAL;

EID: 84898988539     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkt1367     Document Type: Article

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