Computational design and biosensor applications of small molecule-sensing allosteric ribozymes

Biomacromolecules

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1240-1249

  Penchovsky, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBACTERIAL DRUGS; BIOSENSOR APPLICATIONS; BOOLEAN LOGIC FUNCTIONS; COMPUTATIONAL DESIGN; CONTROL OF GENE EXPRESSION; HIGH-THROUGHPUT SCREENING; MOLECULAR COMPUTING; SECONDARY STRUCTURES;

BIOSENSORS; BOOLEAN FUNCTIONS; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULES; RNA; SENSORS;

DRUG PRODUCTS;

APTAMER; CAFFEINE; HAMMERHEAD RIBOZYME; METHYL GROUP; RIBOZYME; THEOPHYLLINE;

ALLOSTERISM; ARTICLE; BIOSENSOR; CHEMICAL MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME STRUCTURE; GENE EXPRESSION; INFORMATION SCIENCE; NONHUMAN; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; RNA FOLDING; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA SYNTHESIS;

ALLOSTERIC SITE; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; CAFFEINE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA, CATALYTIC; THEOPHYLLINE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84876004070     PISSN: 15257797     EISSN: 15264602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bm400299a     Document Type: Article

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