Light activation of transcription: Photocaging of nucleotides for control over RNA polymerization

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 36, Issue 14, 2008, Pages

  Pinheiro, Andrévidal ^a,b   Baptistap, Pedro ^b   Lima, João Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^b Departamento Ciencias da Vida   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

[7 (DIETHYLAMINO)COUMARIN 4 YL]METHYL; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; COUMARIN DERIVATIVE; RNA POLYMERASE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE (7 (DIETHYLAMINO)COUMARIN 4 YL)METHYL ESTER; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE (7-(DIETHYLAMINO)COUMARIN-4-YL)METHYL ESTER; DRUG DERIVATIVE; RNA;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; ENZYME RELEASE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT IRRADIANCE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTOACTIVATION; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; RNA POLYMERIZATION; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LIGHT; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; TRANSACTIVATION;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; COUMARINS; LIGHT; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; RNA; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 49349090195     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkn415     Document Type: Article

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