Molecular beacon aptamer fluoresces in the presence of Tat protein of HIV-1

Genes to Cells

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 389-396

  Yamamoto, Rika ^a,b   Kumar, Penmetcha K R ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BIOSENSOR; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; COVALENT BOND; GENE TARGETING; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; TARGET CELL; TRANSACTIVATION;

BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; FLUORESCENCE; GENE PRODUCTS, TAT; HIV-1; HUMANS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; RNA; VIRUS REPLICATION;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1;

EID: 0034086583     PISSN: 13569597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2443.2000.00331.x     Document Type: Article

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