Analysis of branched nucleic acid structure using comparative gel electrophoresis

Quarterly Reviews of Biophysics

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-39

  Lilley, David M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; DNA; ENDONUCLEASE; ENDONUCLEASE 7; METAL ION; PROTEIN; PROTEIN RUVA; RIBOZYME; RNA;

COMPARATIVE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; DYNAMICS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; LONG SHORT ARM METHOD; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; NUCLEIC ACID STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; REVIEW; TECHNIQUE; THEORY;

ANIMALS; CATALYSIS; DNA; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; ENDONUCLEASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IONS; METALS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA; TETRAHYMENA;

EID: 50649090679     PISSN: 00335835     EISSN: 14698994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033583508004678     Document Type: Review

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