Towards XNA nanotechnology: New materials from synthetic genetic polymers

Trends in Biotechnology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 321-328

  Pinheiro, Vitor B ^a,b   Holliger, Philipp ^a  

^a MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; BIOMOLECULES; CHEMICAL STABILITY; NANOSTRUCTURES; NUCLEIC ACIDS;

BASE-PAIRING RULES; BUILDING BLOCKES; CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICALS; NANO SCALE; NUCLEIC ACID CHEMISTRY;

POLYMERS;

DNA; LIPID; NANOMATERIAL; POLYMER; RNA; SYNTHETIC GENETIC POLYMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ENZYME; NUCLEIC ACID;

BASE PAIRING; DENSITY; DNA MODIFICATION; EVOLUTION; GENE REPLICATION; GENETIC STABILITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION STORAGE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA STABILITY; SYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PROCEDURES;

ENZYMES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; NUCLEIC ACIDS; POLYMERS;

EID: 84901027902     PISSN: 01677799     EISSN: 18793096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2014.03.010     Document Type: Review

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