Coupling RNA annealing and strand displacement: A FRET-based microplate reader assay for RNA chaperone activity

BioTechniques

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 304-310

  Rajkowitsch, Lukas ^a   Schroeder, Renée ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; BIOASSAY; CHARACTERIZATION; CONFORMATIONS; ENERGY TRANSFER; KINETICS; RATE CONSTANTS;

CHAPERONE; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER (FRET); MICROPLATE READERS;

RNA;

CHAPERONE; OLIGORIBONUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; ASSAY; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA CONFORMATION;

BINDING SITES; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; PROTEIN BINDING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RNA; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34548668412     PISSN: 07366205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2144/000112530     Document Type: Article

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