RNA crystallization

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 98-107

  Golden, Barbara L ^a   Kundrot, Craig E ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BUFFER; CATION; DIVALENT CATION; MONOVALENT CATION; POLYAMINE; RNA;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DNA TEMPLATE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IONIC STRENGTH; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PLASMID; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DENATURATION; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA PURIFICATION; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA STRUCTURE; RNA SYNTHESIS; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

EID: 0037394662     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1047-8477(03)00042-X     Document Type: Article

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