RNA folding dynamics using laser-assisted single-molecule refolding

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 1086, Issue , 2014, Pages 289-307

  Paudel, Bishnu ^a   Rueda, David ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Kinetics; LASR; RNA folding; Single molecule FRET; Temperature jump; Thermodynamics

Indexed keywords

DNA; RNA;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; LASER ASSISTED SINGLE MOLECULE REFOLDING; MOLECULAR SENSOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA FOLDING; TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMODYNAMICS;

FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; LASERS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA; RNA FOLDING; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84934441744     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-62703-667-2_17     Document Type: Article

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