Retention of function in the DNA homolog of the RNA dopamine aptamer

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 388, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 732-735

  Walsh, Ryan ^a   DeRosa, Maria C ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aptamer; DNA; Dopamine; Fluorescence anisotropy; RNA; Secondary structure

Indexed keywords

APTAMER; DNA HOMOLOG; DOPAMINE DERIVATIVE; NORADRENALIN; RNA DERIVATIVE; RNA DOPAMINE APTAMER; TYRAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; DISSOCIATION CONSTANT; DNA BINDING; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; RNA SEQUENCE;

ANISOTROPY; APTAMERS, NUCLEOTIDE; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; DNA; DOPAMINE; FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA;

EID: 69949164535     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2009.08.084     Document Type: Article

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