A Spinach molecular beacon triggered by strand displacement

RNA

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1183-1194

  Bhadra, Sanchita ^a   Ellington, Andrew D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Aptamer; Aptamer beacon; Fluorescent rna; Molecular beacon; Nucleic acid diagnostics; Nucleic acid engineering; Strand displacement

Indexed keywords

APTAMER; DNA; FLUORESCENT DYE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; RNA;

ALLELE; AMPLICON; ARTICLE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HYBRIDIZATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MOLECULAR BEACON; NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCE BASED AMPLIFICATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA CONFORMATION; SPINACH;

APTAMER; APTAMER BEACON; FLUORESCENT RNA; MOLECULAR BEACON; NUCLEIC ACID DIAGNOSTICS; NUCLEIC ACID ENGINEERING; STRAND DISPLACEMENT;

ALLELES; APTAMERS, NUCLEOTIDE; BASE SEQUENCE; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA PROBES; SPINACIA OLERACEA; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84904503348     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: 14699001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1261/rna.045047.114     Document Type: Article

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