Thioflavin T as a fluorescence light-up probe for G4 formation

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  De La Faverie, Amandine Renaud ^a,b   Guédin, Aurore ^a,b   Bedrat, Amina ^a,b   Yatsunyk, Liliya A ^c   Mergny, Jean Louis ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b INSTITUT EUROPÉEN DE CHIMIE ET BIOLOGIE   (France)

^c SWARTHMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APTAMER; GUANINE QUADRUPLEX; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; THIOFLAVINE;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA PROBE; DNA SEQUENCE; FLUORESCENCE; GEL STAINING; LIGHT INTENSITY; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAINING;

FLUORESCENT DYES; G-QUADRUPLEXES; NATIVE POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; THIAZOLES;

EID: 84899817285     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gku111     Document Type: Article

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