Ribonuclease H renaturation gel assay using a fluorescent-labeled substrate

BioTechniques

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 920-926

  Han, Li Ying ^a   Ma, Wu Po ^a   Crouch, Robert J ^a,b  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE; RIBONUCLEASE;

ARTICLE; DNA REPLICATION; DNA RNA HYBRIDIZATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; RNA DEGRADATION; RNA TRANSCRIPTION;

EID: 0030699278     PISSN: 07366205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2144/97235rr01     Document Type: Article

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