Experimental verification of the secondary structures of guide RNA-pre-mRNA chimaeric molecules in Trypanosoma brucei

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 240, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 721-731

  Schmid, Beate ^a   Read, Laurie K ^b,c   Stuart, Kenneth ^b,d   Göringer, H Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b SEATTLE BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemicalen enzymatic modification; Guide RNA pre mRNA chimaera; Secondary structure; Trypanosoma brucei

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; GUIDE RNA;

ARTICLE; CHIMERA; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA RNA HYBRIDIZATION; RNA STRUCTURE; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

CHIMAERA; CHIMAERIFORMES; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

EID: 0029766088     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1996.0721h.x     Document Type: Article

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