Characterization of a fluorophore binding RNA aptamer by fluorescence correlation spectroscopy and small angle X-ray scattering

Analytical Biochemistry

Volumn 389, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 52-62

  Werner, Arne ^a   Konarev, Petr V ^b,c   Svergun, Dmitri I ^b,c   Hahn, Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^c SHUBNIKOV INSTITUTE OF CRYSTALLOGRAPHY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Dynamic light scattering; Fluorescence correlation spectroscopy; Fluorescence cross correlation spectroscopy; Patent blue V; RNA aptamer; Small angle X ray scattering; Sulforhodamine B

Indexed keywords

DIMERS; DYNAMIC LIGHT SCATTERING; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; PATENTS AND INVENTIONS; RNA; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; VAT DYES; X RAY SCATTERING;

BINDING RNA APTAMERS; FLUORESCENCE CORRELATION SPECTROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE CROSS-CORRELATION SPECTROSCOPY; RNA APTAMER; SINGLE MOLECULE LEVEL; SULFORHODAMINE B; THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE; TRIPHENYLMETHANE DYES;

FLUOROPHORES;

APTAMER; DISULFINE BLUE; RNA; SULFORHODAMINE B;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; FLUORESCENCE CORRELATION SPECTROSCOPY; LIGHT SCATTERING; MOLECULAR SIZE; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION SCATTERING; RNA BINDING; TITRIMETRY;

EID: 67349134722     PISSN: 00032697     EISSN: 10960309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2009.03.018     Document Type: Article

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