Design of a Sequence-Specific DNA Bisintercalator
β Scribed by Eric J. Fechter; Bogdan Olenyuk; Peter B. Dervan
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 212 KB
- Volume
- 43
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0044-8249
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