RNA-protein binding kinetics in an automated microfluidic reactor

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 37, Issue 21, 2009, Pages

  Ridgeway, William K ^a,b   Seitaridou, Effrosyni ^c,d   Phillips, Rob ^c   Williamson, James R ^a,b  

^a Department of Molecular Biology ^*  (United States)

^b SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BINDING KINETICS; BLEACHING; CALIBRATION; CONTINUOUS FLOW REACTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; LABORATORY AUTOMATION; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; REACTION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; RIBOSOME SUBUNIT; VALIDATION PROCESS; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; INSTRUMENTATION; KINETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHOTON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

MAGNESIUM; RIBOSOME PROTEIN; RNA; RNA BINDING PROTEIN;

CALIBRATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; KINETICS; MAGNESIUM; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PHOTONS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RIBOSOMAL PROTEINS; RNA; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS;

EID: 75649151160     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkp733     Document Type: Article

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