In situ synthesis of protein arrays

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 4-9

  He, Mingyue ^a   Stoevesandt, Oda ^a   Taussig, Michael J ^a  

^a BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHIPS; CLONING; GENE EXPRESSION; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PURIFICATION;

NUCLEIC ACID PROGRAMMABLE PROTEIN ARRAY (NAPPA); PROTEIN ARRAYS; PUROMYCIN-MEDIATED IMMOBILISATION;

ENZYME IMMOBILIZATION;

MESSENGER RNA;

NUCLEIC ACID PROGRAMMABLE PROTEIN ARRAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN IMMOBILIZATION; PROTEIN IN SITU ARRAY; PROTEIN MICROARRAY; PROTEIN STABILITY; REVIEW;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELL-FREE SYSTEM; DNA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN ARRAY ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PUROMYCIN; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 39149131031     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2007.11.009     Document Type: Review

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