In vitro selection of an allosteric ribozyme that transduces analytes to amplicons

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 62-66

  Robertson, Michael P ^a   Ellington, Andrew D ^a  

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

Author keywords

Allostery; Aptazyme; Diagnostic

Indexed keywords

RIBOZYME;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ALLOSTERIC SITE; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA LIGASE (ATP); RNA, CATALYTIC; SELECTION (GENETICS); SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032955410     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/5236     Document Type: Article

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