Pyrophosphate in the binding reaction increases the sensitivity of mobility shift analysis

BioTechniques

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 248-250

  Fenton, Chris ^a   El Gewely, M Raafat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID PHOSPHATASE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; DNA FRAGMENT; PHOSPHATASE; PHOSPHORUS 32; POLYNUCLEOTIDE 5' HYDROXYL KINASE; PYROPHOSPHATE; TRYPTOPHAN;

ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; NONHUMAN; OPERATOR GENE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROMOTER REGION; RECOMBINANT PLASMID; REPRESSOR GENE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030790497     PISSN: 07366205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2144/97232bm15     Document Type: Article

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