Combined approaches to site-specific modification of RNA

ACS Chemical Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 30-37

  Chow, Christine S ^a   Mahto, Santosh K ^a   Lamichhane, Tek N ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Nucleotide phosphoramidite; Post transcriptional modification; Protecting group; RNase Hs; Solid phase synthesis; T4 DNA ligase; T4 RNA ligase

Indexed keywords

CPG OLIGODEOXYNUCLEOTIDE; MACROGOL; NUCLEIC ACID; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA; RNA POLYMERASE; SYNTHETIC DNA; SYNTHETIC RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL REACTION; DEPROTECTION REACTION; ELECTROSPRAY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA CLEAVAGE; RNA STRUCTURE; RNA SYNTHESIS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 38949116580     PISSN: 15548929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/cb7002225     Document Type: Review

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