RNA aptamers targeted to domain II of hepatitis C virus IRES that bind to its apical loop region

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 263-270

  Kikuchi, Kunio ^a,b   Umehara, Takuya ^a,b   Fukuda, Kotaro ^a   Hwang, Joonsung ^a   Kuno, Atsushi ^b   Hasegawa, Tsunemi ^b   Nishikawa, Satoshi ^a  

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

^b YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aptamer; HCV; In vitro selection; IRES; Loop loop interaction; RNA structure

Indexed keywords

APTAMER; RNA;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; GENE MAPPING; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HYBRIDIZATION; INTERNAL RIBOSOME ENTRY SITE; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RNA STRUCTURE; RNA SYNTHESIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; HEPACIVIRUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; RNA, VIRAL;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 0037368588     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jb/mvg036     Document Type: Article

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