A G-quadruplex-containing RNA activates fluorescence in a GFP-like fluorophore

Nature Chemical Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 686-691

  Huang, Hao ^a   Suslov, Nikolai B ^a,b   Li, Nan Sheng ^a   Shelke, Sandip A ^a   Evans, Molly E ^a   Koldobskaya, Yelena ^a   Rice, Phoebe A ^a   Piccirilli, Joseph A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Takeda San Diego Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GUANINE QUADRUPLEX; HYDROGEN; NUCLEOTIDE; PEPTIDE APTAMER; RNA;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; HYDROGEN BOND; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SPINACH;

SPINACIA OLERACEA;

BASE SEQUENCE; BENZYL COMPOUNDS; BINDING SITES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENT DYES; G-QUADRUPLEXES; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HYDROGEN BONDING; IMIDAZOLINES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA; RNA, PLANT; SPINACIA OLERACEA;

EID: 84904731281     PISSN: 15524450     EISSN: 15524469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchembio.1561     Document Type: Article

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