A genotype-to-phenotype map of in vitro selected RNA-cleaving DNAzymes: Implications for accessing the target phenotype

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 3545-3557

  Schlosser, Kenny ^a   Lam, Jeffrey C F ^a   Li, Yingfu ^a,b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBOZYME; RNA;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; GENE DELETION; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA CLEAVAGE;

CATALYSIS; DIRECTED MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; DNA, CATALYTIC; GENOTYPE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA;

KOBUS;

EID: 67649842764     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkp222     Document Type: Article

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