Real-time observation of a single DNA digestion by λ exonuclease under a fluorescence microscope field

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 29, Issue 15, 2001, Pages

  Matsuura, Shun Ichi ^a   Komatsu, Jun ^a   Hirano, Ken ^a   Yasuda, Hachiro ^a   Takashima, Kazunori ^a   Katsura, Shinji ^a   Mizuno, Akira ^a  

^a TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

1,1' ((4,4,7,7 TETRAMETHYL) 4,7 DIAZAUNDECAMETHYLENE)BIS 4 (3 METHYL 2,3 DIHYDRO(BENZO 1,3 OXAZOLE) 2 METHYLIDENE)QUINOLINIUM; 1,1'-((4,4,7,7-TETRAMETHYL)-4,7-DIAZAUNDECAMETHYLENE)BIS-4-(3-METHYL-2,3-DIHYDRO(BENZO-1,3-OXAZOLE)-2-METHYLIDENE)QUINOLINIUM; AVIDIN; BENZOXAZOLE DERIVATIVE; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; EXODEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; FLUORESCENT DYE; INTERCALATING AGENT; LAMBDA EXONUCLEASE; QUINOLINE DERIVATIVE; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; BIOTINYLATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENZYMOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENETICS; KINETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PROTEIN BINDING; TIME;

AVIDIN; BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; BENZOXAZOLES; BIOTINYLATION; DNA, VIRAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; EXODEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; FLUORESCENT DYES; INTERCALATING AGENTS; KINETICS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PROTEIN BINDING; QUINOLINIUM COMPOUNDS; TIME FACTORS; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 77953421267     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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