Thermophoretic melting curves quantify the conformation and stability of RNA and DNA

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Wienken, Christoph J ^a   Baaske, Philipp ^a,b   Duhr, Stefan ^a,b   Braun, Dieter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b NanoTemper Technologies GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; MICRORNA; RNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA DENATURATION; DNA METHYLATION; DNA MODIFICATION; GENETIC STABILITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR SIZE; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA CONFORMATION; RNA STABILITY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SURFACE CHARGE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THERMOPHORETIC MELTING; THERMOSTABILITY;

DNA; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MOTION; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; NUCLEIC ACID DENATURATION; RNA; RNA STABILITY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 79955606994     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkr035     Document Type: Article

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