The limits of specificity: An experimental analysis with RNA aptamers to MS2 coat protein variants

Molecular Diversity

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 75-89

  Hirao, Ichiro ^a,c   Spingola, Marc ^b   Peabody, David ^b   Ellington, Andrew D ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aptamer; Coat protein; In vitro selection; Molecular recognition; MS2; SELEX

Indexed keywords

CAPSID PROTEIN; OLIGORIBONUCLEOTIDE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; VIRUS RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING COMPETITION; CHEMISTRY; COLIPHAGE; CONFORMATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; VIRUS CAPSID;

ALLOLEVIVIRUS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; CAPSID; CAPSID PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; OLIGORIBONUCLEOTIDES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RNA, VIRAL; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0032242421     PISSN: 13811991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026401917416     Document Type: Article

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