Fast production of homogeneous recombinant RNA-towards large-scale production of RNA

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 40, Issue 13, 2012, Pages

  Nelissen, Frank H T ^a   Leunissen, Elizabeth H P ^a   Van De Laar, Linda ^a   Tessari, Marco ^a   Heus, Hans A ^a   Wijmenga, Sybren S ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HAMMERHEAD RIBOZYME; RECOMBINANT RNA; RNA POLYMERASE; TRANSFER RNA; VIRUS RNA;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ANION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; DUCK HEPATITIS B VIRUS; LARGE SCALE PRODUCTION; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA CLEAVAGE; RNA PURIFICATION; RNA SYNTHESIS; RNA TRANSCRIPTION;

DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; GENETIC VECTORS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; RNA; RNA, CATALYTIC; RNA, TRANSFER, LYS; VIRAL PROTEINS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84864474486     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gks292     Document Type: Article

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