Isolation of a fluorophore-specific DNA aptamer with weak redox activity

Chemistry and Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 609-617

  Wilson, Charles ^a   Szostak, Jack W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA aptamer; Fluorophore; G quartet; In vitro selection; Sulforhodamine B

Indexed keywords

AFFINITY LABELING; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLONE; DIHYDROTETRAMETHYLROSAMINE; DNA APTAMER; DNA ISOLATION; FLUOROPHORE; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; MUTAGENESIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION; RANDOM SEQUENCE NUCLEIC ACID; REDOX REACTION; SULFORHODAMINE B;

EID: 0032213173     PISSN: 10745521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1074-5521(98)90289-7     Document Type: Article

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