Determining structures of RNA aptamers and riboswitches by X-ray crystallography

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 535, Issue , 2009, Pages 135-163

  Edwards, Andrea L ^a   Garst, Andrew D ^a   Batey, Robert T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

aptamer; heavy atom derivative; riboswitch; RNA crystallography; RNA purification; RNA synthesis

Indexed keywords

APTAMER; BACTERIOPHAGE T7 RNA POLYMERASE; DNA; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; VIRUS PROTEIN;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; DNA DENATURATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

APTAMERS, NUCLEOTIDE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, AFFINITY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DNA; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; NUCLEIC ACID DENATURATION; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 69449089715     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-59745-557-2_9     Document Type: Article

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