Preparation of Artificial Hexaplex Composed of Non-Natural Nucleic Acid

Koki Makino1, Yuhei Hattori1, Hiromu Kashida1

  • 1Deparment of Biomolecular Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan.

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