Characterizing multiple exogenous and endogenous small RNA populations in parallel with subfemtomolar sensitivity using a streptavidin gel-shift assay

RNA

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 724-731

  Ebhardt, H Alexander ^a,b   Unrau, Peter J ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Endogenous small RNA; Quantification; Streptavidin gel shift; Viral small RNA

Indexed keywords

DNA; POLYNUCLEOTIDE 5' HYDROXYL KINASE; RNA; STREPTAVIDIN;

ARTICLE; BIOTINYLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUCUMBER MOSAIC VIRUS; DNA PROBE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA HYBRIDIZATION; VIRUS INFECTION;

ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; PLANTS; RNA, PLANT; RNA, UNTRANSLATED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTAVIDIN;

NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA;

EID: 62549098184     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: 14699001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1261/rna.1235109     Document Type: Article

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