The preparation of site-specifically modified riboswitch domains as an example for enzymatic ligation of chemically synthesized RNA fragments

Nature Protocols

Volumn 3, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1457-1466

  Lang, Kathrin ^a   Micura, Ronald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 AMINOPURINE; PHOSPHORAMIDOUS ACID; POLYDEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDE SYNTHASE; RNA; THIAMINE PYROPHOSPHATASE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; ENZYMATIC ASSAY; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; GENOMIC FRAGMENT; MOLECULAR SIZE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DESIGN; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RIBOSWITCH; RNA SYNTHESIS; SOLID PHASE SYNTHESIS;

2-AMINOPURINE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RNA; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; THIAMINE PYROPHOSPHATE;

EID: 51649088750     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2008.135     Document Type: Article

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