Fluorophore-quencher pair for monitoring protein motion

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 380, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 277-280

  Tahmassebi, Deborah C ^b   Millar, David P ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA polymerase; Fluorescent base analog; Klenow fragment; TEMPO quencher

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; NUCLEOTIDE; PARATHION;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; FLUOROPHORE QUENCHER PAIR; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; STEADY STATE;

CYCLIC N-OXIDES; DNA; DNA POLYMERASE I; FLUORESCENT DYES; MOTION; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PHENOTHIAZINES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEINS;

EID: 60349097501     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2009.01.055     Document Type: Article

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