The Dual Use of RNA Aptamer Sequences for Affinity Purification and Localization Studies of RNAs and RNA–Protein Complexes

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 714, Issue , 2011, Pages 423-444

  Walker, Scott C ^a   Good, Paul D ^b   Gipson, Theresa A ^b   Engelke, David R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Aptamer; FISH; Ribonucleoprotein; RNA; RNP isolation; Streptavidin

Indexed keywords

APTAMER; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; RNA; STREPTAVIDIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MACROMOLECULE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; PERMEABILITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

APTAMERS, NUCLEOTIDE; BASE SEQUENCE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES; PERMEABILITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS; RNA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; STREPTAVIDIN;

EID: 79960065507     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: 19406029     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-005-8_26     Document Type: Chapter

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