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Polyamine–Oligonucleotide Conjugates: A Promising Direction for Nucleic Acid Tools and Therapeutics

Mirjam Menzi1 Department of Chemistry & Applied Biosciences, ETH Zurich, CH-8093Zurich, SwitzerlandView further author information
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Helen L Lightfoot1 Department of Chemistry & Applied Biosciences, ETH Zurich, CH-8093Zurich, SwitzerlandView further author information
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Jonathan Hall1 Department of Chemistry & Applied Biosciences, ETH Zurich, CH-8093Zurich, SwitzerlandCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 1733-1749 | Published online: 01 Oct 2015

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