Probing RNA-protein interactions using pyrene-labeled oligodeoxynucleotides: Qβ replicase efficiently binds small RNAs by recognizing pyrimidine residues

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 273, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 600-613

  Preuß, Regine ^a   Dapprich, Johannes ^a,b   Walter, Nils G ^a,c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b SARNOFF CORPORATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluorescence lifetime; Fluorometry; MDV; Real time detection; RNA dependent RNA polymerase

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYL GROUP; OLIGODEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDE; PYRENE; PYRIMIDINE; RNA; RNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SODIUM DIHYDROGEN PHOSPHATE; VIRUS ENZYME;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING KINETICS; BINDING SITE; COLIPHAGE; DISSOCIATION CONSTANT; FLUOROMETRY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; STOICHIOMETRY; TITRIMETRY;

EID: 0031592948     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1997.1343     Document Type: Article

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