Selecting RNA aptamers for synthetic biology: Investigating magnesium dependence and predicting binding affinity

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2736-2747

  Carothers, James M ^a,b   Goler, Jonathan A ^a,b,c   Kapoor, Yuvraaj ^a,b   Lara, Lesley ^a,b   Keasling, Jay D ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a Berkeley   (United States)

^b JOINT BIOENERGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APTAMER; FLUORESCENT DYE; MAGNESIUM; PHENYLALANINE; RNA APTAMER; TETRAMETHYLRHODAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 4 AMINOPHENYLALANINE; 4-AMINOPHENYLALANINE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; LIGAND; RHODAMINE; RNA;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSOCIATION CONSTANT; GENE CONTROL; IN VITRO STUDY; LIGAND BINDING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY;

APTAMERS, NUCLEOTIDE; LIGANDS; MAGNESIUM; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHENYLALANINE; RHODAMINES; RNA;

EID: 77952499429     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkq082     Document Type: Article

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