Fast Fenton footprinting: A laboratory-based method for the time-resolved analysis of DNA, RNA and proteins

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Shcherbakova, Inna ^a   Mitra, Somdeb ^a   Beer, Robert H ^b   Brenowitz, Michael ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYDROXYL RADICAL; IRON; LIGAND; NUCLEIC ACID; POLYMER; PROTEIN; RIBOZYME; RNA; EDETIC ACID; FE(II) EDTA; FE(II)-EDTA; FENTON'S REAGENT; FERROUS ION; MAGNESIUM;

ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA FOOTPRINTING; FENTON REACTION; KINETICS; LABORATORY TEST; LIGAND BINDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FOOTPRINTING; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; RNA ANALYSIS; TETRAHYMENA; THERMODYNAMICS; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; METHODOLOGY; VALIDATION STUDY;

TETRAHYMENA;

DNA FOOTPRINTING; EDETIC ACID; FERROUS COMPOUNDS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYDROXYL RADICAL; IRON; KINETICS; MAGNESIUM; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOOTPRINTING; RNA; RNA, CATALYTIC;

EID: 33645819791     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkl055     Document Type: Article

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