Probing the structure of DNA aptamers with a classic heterocycle

Molecules

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 67-85

  Wood IV, Arthur E ^a   Bishop, G Reid ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aptamer; DNA; Ethidium; Fluorescence; Free energy; Intercalator; Job plot; Linkage; Thermodynamics

Indexed keywords

APTAMER; DNA; ETHIDIUM;

ABSORPTION SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; ARTICLE; DNA BINDING; DNA STRUCTURE; FLUORESCENCE; LIGAND BINDING; MOLECULAR PROBE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 3242813667     PISSN: 14203049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/90300067     Document Type: Article

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