DNA catalysis: The chemical repertoire of DNAzymes

Molecules

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 20777-20804

  Hollenstein, Marcel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Biosensors; Chemically modified nucleic acids; DNAzymes; Functional nucleic acids; SELEX; Therapeutic nucleic acids

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBOZYME; DNA; RNA;

ANIMAL; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; HUMAN; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; CATALYSIS; DNA; DNA, CATALYTIC; HUMANS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84949948073     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14203049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/molecules201119730     Document Type: Review

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