Highly Cooperative Behavior of Peptide Nucleic Acid-Linked DNA-Modified Gold-Nanoparticle and Comb-Polymer Aggregates.
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SUBMITTER: Lytton-Jean AKR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8423102 | biostudies-literature |
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