Key labeling technologies to tackle sizeable problems in RNA structural biology

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1214-1240

  Dayie, Kwaku T ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamics; FRET; Isotopic labeling; Ligation; NMR; Raman; RNA dynamics and folding and structure; X ray crystallography

Indexed keywords

CARBON 13; DEUTERIUM; FLUORINE; NITROGEN 15; POLYDEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDE SYNTHASE; RIBOZYME; RNA; RNA POLYMERASE;

BIOPHYSICS; CATALYSIS; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENOME; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; INTRON; ISOTOPE LABELING; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLONEY LEUKEMIA ONCOVIRUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; REVIEW; RNA PROBE; RNA PURIFICATION; RNA STRUCTURE; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 48649103008     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms9071214     Document Type: Review

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