Molecular design of DNA alkylating pyrrole-imidazole polyamides with longer recognition sequence

Masafumi Minoshima1, Shunta Sasaki, Ken-ichi Shinohara

  • 1Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kitashirakawa-oiwakecho, Sakyo, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan.

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