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Oligonucleotide structure: a decade of results from single crystal X-ray diffraction studies

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Olga Kennard  and
William N. Hunter
Olga Kennard
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University Chemical Laboratory, Lensfield Road, Cambridge, CB2 1EW, U.K.
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Writing a review gives authors a splendid opportunity to view developments in a particular area of science from a very personal angle. They are at liberty to select material, emphasize aspects of direct interest to their own work and air speculations which, wisely or not, referees have caused to have removed from their publications. Such personal accounts often make good reading, but may be somewhat misleading especially for readers seeking an introduction to the field. One remedy is to aim at a comprehensive review with equal weight given to all publications but boredom, if not bias, is then likely to creep in.

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Quarterly Reviews of Biophysics , Volume 22 , Issue 3 , August 1989 , pp. 327 - 379
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