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An Alternative Nucleobase Code: Characterization of Purine–Purine DNA Double Helices Bearing Guanine–Isoguanine and Diaminopurine 7‐Deaza‐Xanthine Base Pairs

Benjamin D. Heuberger Dr.

Department of Chemistry, University of California–Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521 (USA), Fax: (+1) 951‐827‐2435

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Christopher Switzer Prof.

E-mail address:switzer@ucr.edu

Department of Chemistry, University of California–Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521 (USA), Fax: (+1) 951‐827‐2435

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First published: 04 November 2008
Cited by: 25

Abstract

DNA's alter ego: Synthetic purine–purine DNA double helices are shown to have stability comparable to canonical DNA.

Number of times cited: 25

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