Selection of a RNA aptamer that binds to human activated protein C and inhibits its protease function

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 252, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 553-562

  Gal, Sang Wan ^a   Amontov, Sergey ^a   Urvil, Petri Tapani ^a   Vishnuvardhan, Daesety ^a   Nishikawa, Fumiko ^a   Kumar, Penmetcha K R ^a   Nishikawa, Satoshi ^a  

^a NATL INST BIOSCI HUM TECHNOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Activated protein C; Aptamer; In vitro selection; RNA; Trypsin like serine protease

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED PROTEIN C; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 9A; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; THROMBIN;

ARTICLE; DISSOCIATION CONSTANT; ENZYME KINETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE;

BASE COMPOSITION; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; DNA PRIMERS; ETHYLNITROSOUREA; HUMANS; KINETICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; OLIGORIBONUCLEOTIDES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN C; RNA;

EID: 0032521665     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1998.2520553.x     Document Type: Article

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