Composite RNA aptamers as functional mimics of proteins

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2009, Pages

  Xu, Daiying ^a   Shi, Hua ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APTAMER; INSECT PROTEIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY B52; RNA APTAMER; STREPTAVIDIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIBODY; B52 PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PHOSPHOPROTEIN; RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA STRUCTURE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; GENETIC PROCEDURES; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

TETRA;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; APTAMERS, NUCLEOTIDE; BASE SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; RNA;

EID: 66249128638     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkp243     Document Type: Article

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