A novel strategy for selection of allosteric ribozymes yields RiboReporter™ sensors for caffeine and aspartame

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1756-1766

  Ferguson, Alicia ^a   Boomer, Ryan M ^a   Kurz, Markus ^a   Keene, Sara C ^a   Diener, John L ^a   Keefe, Anthony D ^a   Wilson, Charles ^a   Cload, Sharon T ^a  

^a Archemix Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARTAME; CAFFEINE; NUCLEIC ACID; RIBOZYME; HAMMERHEAD RIBOZYME;

ALLOSTERISM; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ISOLATION; ENZYMIC BIOSENSOR; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; IN VITRO STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CHEMISTRY; DIRECTED MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; EVALUATION; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY;

ALLOSTERIC REGULATION; ASPARTAME; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; CAFFEINE; DIRECTED MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA, CATALYTIC; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 3042549466     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkh336     Document Type: Article

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