Pyrrolo-C as a fluorescent probe for monitoring RNA secondary structure formation

RNA

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 522-529

  Tinsley, Rebecca A ^a   Walter, Nils G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluorescence anisotropy; Fluorescence quenching; Melting transition; Pyrrolo cytosine ribonucleoside; RNA folding kinetics

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE; ORGANIC SOLVENT; PYRROLO C; SINGLE STRANDED RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; DENATURATION; DISSOCIATION; DNA RNA HYBRIDIZATION; FLUORESCENCE; IONIC STRENGTH; MONITORING; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA PROBE; RNA STRUCTURE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

BASE PAIRING; BASE SEQUENCE; CYTIDINE; FLUORESCENCE POLARIZATION; FLUORESCENT DYES; HYDROGEN BONDING; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; NUCLEIC ACID DENATURATION; NUCLEIC ACID HETERODUPLEXES; RNA; SALTS; SOLVENTS;

EID: 33344477201     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1261/rna.2165806     Document Type: Article

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