Visualization of membrane RNAs

RNA

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1353-1361

  Janas, Tadeusz ^a   Yarus, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy; Fluorescence; Phospholipid bilayer; Ribocyte; Selection

Indexed keywords

LIPOSOME; PHOSPHOLIPID; RNA;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; LIPID BILAYER; MEMBRANE VESICLE; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHOLIPID MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA STRUCTURE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; YEAST;

BINDING SITES; CELL MEMBRANE; LIPID BILAYERS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; RNA;

MICA; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0142209416     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1261/rna.5129803     Document Type: Article

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