Recent Developments in G-Quadruplex Probes

Chemistry and Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 812-828

  Ma, Dik Lung ^a   Zhang, Zhihong ^a   Wang, Modi ^a   Lu, Lihua ^a   Zhong, Hai Jing ^b   Leung, Chung Hang ^b  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b University of Macau   (Macao)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUANINE QUADRUPLEX; METAL COMPLEX; METAL ION; DNA PROBE; NUCLEIC ACID;

ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA PROBE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; MOLECULAR IMAGING; MOLECULE; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; PROCEDURES;

MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; DNA PROBES; G-QUADRUPLEXES; HUMANS; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NUCLEIC ACIDS;

EID: 84937815533     PISSN: 10745521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2015.06.016     Document Type: Review

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