Melanin binds reversibly to thermostable DNA polymerase and inhibits its activity

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 271, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 726-730

  Eckhart, Leopold ^a   Bach, Jürgen ^a   Ban, Jozef ^a,b   Tschachler, Erwin ^a,c,d  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b CANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Slovakia)

^c Centre de Recherches et d'Investigations   (France)

^d Universitatsklinik fur Dermatologie   (Austria)

Author keywords

Enzyme inhibition; Melanin; Polymerase chain reaction; Reverse transcriptase; Reverse transcription; Thermostable DNA polymerase

Indexed keywords

BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; DNA; DNA POLYMERASE; MELANIN; RNA; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME INHIBITOR INTERACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MELANOCYTE; MILK; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THERMOSTABILITY;

BOVINAE;

EID: 0034685648     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.2000.2716     Document Type: Article

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