Rube Goldberg goes (ribo)nuclear? Molecular switches and sensors made from RNA

RNA

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 377-383

  Silverman, Scott K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Allosteric; Aptazyme; Ribozyme; Sensor; Switch

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; APTAMER; APTAZYME; DNA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; REV PROTEIN; RIBOZYME; RNA; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOSENSOR; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; SENSOR; SHORT SURVEY;

ALLOSTERIC REGULATION; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; FORECASTING; GENES, SWITCH; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; RNA; RNA, CATALYTIC; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 0037377340     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1261/rna.2200903     Document Type: Short Survey

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