A general and efficient approach for the construction of RNA oligonucleotides containing a 5′-phosphorothiolate linkage

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Li, Nan Sheng ^a   Frederiksen, John K ^a,c   Koo, Selene C ^a   Lu, Jun ^a   Wilson, Timothy J ^b   Lilley, David M J ^b   Piccirilli, Joseph A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

2' O (2 NITROBENZYL) N4 PHENOXYACETYLCYTIDINE; 5' ACETYLTHIO 5' DEOXY 2',3' O ISOPROPYLIDENEGUANOSINE; 5' BENZOYLTHIO 5' DEOXY 2',3' O ISOPROPYLIDENEGUANOSINE; 5' BENZOYLTHIO 5' DEOXYGUANOSINE; 5' DEOXY 2',3' O ISOPROPYLIDENE 5' (5 NITROPYRIDINYL 2 DISULFANYL)ADENOSINE; 5' DEOXY 2',3' O ISOPROPYLIDENE 5' (5 NITROPYRIDINYL 2 DISULFANYL)GUANOSINE; 5' DEOXY 5' (5 NITROPYRIDINYL 2 DISULFANYL) 2',3' O,N6 TRIPHENOXYACETYLADENOSINE; 5' DEOXY 5' (5 NITROPYRIDINYL 2 DISULFANYL)ADENOSINE; 5' DEOXY 5' THIOGUANOSINE DISULFIDE; 5' O (DIMETHOXYTRITYL) N2 ISOBUTYRYL 2' O (2 NITROBENZYL)GUANOSINE; 5' O (DIMETHOXYTRITYL) N2 ISOBUTYRYL 2' O (ALPHA METHYL 2 NITROBENZYL)GUANOSINE; 5' O DIMETHOXYTRITYL 2' O (2 NITROBENZYL) N4 PHENOXYACETYLCYTIDINE 3' H PHOSPHONATE; 5' PHOSPHOROTHIOLATE; N2 ISOBUTYRYL 2' O (2 NITROBENZYL)GUANOSINE; N2 ISOBUTYRYL 2' O (ALPHA METHYL 2 NITROBENZYL)GUANOSINE; N6 BENZOYL 5' O (DIMETHOXYTRITYL) N2 ISOBUTYRYL 2' O (2 NITROBENZYL)GUANOSINE; OLIGORIBONUCLEOTIDE; PHOSPHOROTHIOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENETIC LINKAGE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA CLEAVAGE; RNA STABILITY; RNA SYNTHESIS; SOLID PHASE SYNTHESIS;

OLIGORIBONUCLEOTIDES; PHOSPHONIC ACIDS; RNA LIGASE (ATP); RNA, CATALYTIC; THIONUCLEOTIDES;

EID: 79953151993     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkq1265     Document Type: Article

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