Real-time monitoring of DNA polymerase activity using molecular beacon

Analytical Biochemistry

Volumn 353, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 141-143

  Ma, Changbei ^a   Tang, Zhiwen ^a   Wang, Kemin ^a   Tan, Weihong ^a   Li, Jun ^a   Li, Wei ^a   Li, Zhaohui ^a   Yang, Xiaohai ^a   Li, Huimin ^b   Liu, Lingfeng ^a  

^a Engineering Center for Biomedicine   (China)

^b HUNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY;

DNA POLYMERASE; MOLECULAR BEACON; REAL TIME MONITORING;

CHEMISTRY;

DNA POLYMERASE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; NUCLEIC ACID; PROTEIN; RADIOISOTOPE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; DNA RNA HYBRIDIZATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; FLUORESCENCE; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

EID: 33646519427     PISSN: 00032697     EISSN: 10960309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2006.02.006     Document Type: Article

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