Chemistry: molecular biology and microbiology – Measuring or testing process involving enzymes or... – Involving nucleic acid
Patent
1995-06-07
1997-04-08
Zitomer, Stephanie W.
Chemistry: molecular biology and microbiology
Measuring or testing process involving enzymes or...
Involving nucleic acid
435 5, 435 912, 435810, 536 221, 536 2372, 536 243, 536 2433, C07H 2102, C07H 2104, C12P 1934, C12Q 168, C12Q 170
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ABSTRACT:
Oligonucleotides of formula
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