Novel modifications in RNA

ACS Chemical Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 100-109

  Phelps, Kelly ^a   Morris, Alexi ^a   Beal, Peter A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKYNE DERIVATIVE; AZIDE; GUANOSINE DERIVATIVE; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; PHOSPHORAMIDOUS ACID DERIVATIVE; RNA; RNA 23S; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 7; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 8;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ACYLATION; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CLICK CHEMISTRY; CYCLOADDITION; DEINOCOCCUS RADIODURANS; DNA STRAND; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BINDING; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; HALOARCULA MARISMORTUI; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LIGAND BINDING; MICROENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA BINDING; RNA METHYLATION; RNA STRUCTURE; RNA SYNTHESIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ALKYNES; AZIDES; BINDING SITES; CLICK CHEMISTRY; DRUG DESIGN; FLUORESCENT DYES; FREE RADICALS; HUMANS; INVERTED REPEAT SEQUENCES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR PROBES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEOSIDES; NUCLEOTIDE MOTIFS; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; TOLUENE;

EID: 84856204279     PISSN: 15548929     EISSN: 15548937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/cb200422t     Document Type: Review

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