RNA Ligation

Handbook of RNA Biochemistry: Second, Completely Revised and Enlarged Edition

Volumn 1-2, Issue , 2014, Pages 45-88

  Turunen, Janne J ^a,b   Pavlova, Liudmila V ^c   Hengesbach, Martin ^d   Helm, Mark ^e   Müller, Sabine ^f   Hartmann, Roland K ^c   Frilander, Mikko J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

DNA splint; Homogeneous and ends; Modified RNA; RNA end heterogeneity; RNA ligation; RNase H; Splint ligation of multiple RNA fragments; T4 DNA ligase (T4 Dnl), T4 RNA ligase 1 and 2 (T4 Rnl1, T4 Rnl2)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84944464212     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9783527647064.ch3     Document Type: Chapter

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