Structure, stability and behaviour of nucleic acids in ionic liquids

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 42, Issue 14, 2014, Pages 8831-8844

  Tateishi Karimata, Hisae ^a   Sugimoto, Naoki ^a  

^a KONAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE DIHYDROGEN PHOSPHATE; DEEP EUTECTIC SOLVENT; DNA; IONIC LIQUID; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; BASE PAIRING; CELL FUNCTION; COMPLEX FORMATION; DNA BEHAVIOR; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STABILITY; DNA STRUCTURE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR STABILITY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NUCLEIC ACID STRUCTURE, METABOLISM AND FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS;

DNA; IONIC LIQUIDS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION;

EID: 84906265684     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gku499     Document Type: Review

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