Structure-function relationships of shared-stem and conventional molecular beacons

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 30, Issue 19, 2002, Pages 4208-4215

  Tsourkas, Andrew ^a   Behlke, Mark A ^b   Bao, Gang ^a  

^a Emory University   (United States)

^b INTEGRATED DNA TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; HYBRIDIZATION; KINETICS; MELTING POINT; MUTANT; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN TARGETING; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS; WILD TYPE;

EID: 0036798115     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkf536     Document Type: Review

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