Molecular beacons as probes of RNA unfolding under native conditions

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 33, Issue 18, 2005, Pages 5763-5770

  Hopkins, Julia F ^a   Woodson, Sarah A ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNESIUM ION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; PROTOZOAL RNA; RIBOZYME; 4 DIMETHYLAMINOAZOBENZENE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; FLUORESCENT DYE; MAGNESIUM; MB P3 MOLECULAR BEACON; MB-P3 MOLECULAR BEACON; OLIGODEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDE; RNA;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY; GENE TARGETING; LINEAR SYSTEM; MOLECULAR BEACON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; RNA HYBRIDIZATION; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA STRUCTURE; TETRAHYMENA; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; KINETICS; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

TETRAHYMENA;

ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FLUORESCENT DYES; KINETICS; MAGNESIUM; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; OLIGODEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDES; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES; P-DIMETHYLAMINOAZOBENZENE; RNA; RNA, CATALYTIC;

EID: 26944491886     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gki877     Document Type: Article

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