Aptamers for allosteric regulation

Nature Chemical Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 519-527

  Vinkenborg, Jan L ^a   Karnowski, Nora ^a   Famulok, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APTAMER; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE;

ALLOSTERISM; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; EUKARYOTE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MOLECULAR SENSOR; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; REVIEW; RIBOSWITCH; SCREENING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 79960487242     PISSN: 15524450     EISSN: 15524469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchembio.609     Document Type: Review

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