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Functional Hallmarks of a Catalytic DNA that Makes Lariat RNA. Chemistry 2015; 22:3720-8. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201503238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2015] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Alexander SC, Busby KN, Cole CM, Zhou CY, Devaraj NK. Site-Specific Covalent Labeling of RNA by Enzymatic Transglycosylation. J Am Chem Soc 2015; 137:12756-9. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5b07286] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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- Seth C. Alexander
- Department
of Chemistry and
Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry and
Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry and
Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry and
Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry and
Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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Saha S, Jagtap AP, Sigurdsson ST. Site-Directed Spin Labeling of RNA by Postsynthetic Modification of 2'-Amino Groups. Methods Enzymol 2015; 563:397-414. [PMID: 26478493 DOI: 10.1016/bs.mie.2015.07.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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To elucidate mechanisms that govern functions of nucleic acids, it is essential to understand their structure and dynamics. Electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy is a valuable technique that is routinely used to study those aspects of nucleic acids. A prerequisite for most EPR studies of nucleic acids is incorporation of spin labels at specific sites, known as site-directed spin labeling (SDSL). There are two main strategies for SDSL through formation of covalent bonds, i.e., the phosphoramidite approach and postsynthetic spin-labeling. After describing briefly the advantages and disadvantages of these two strategies, postsynthetic labeling of 2'-amino groups in RNA is delineated. Postsynthetic labeling of 2'-amino groups in RNA using 4-isocyanato-TEMPO has long been established as a useful approach. However, this method has some drawbacks, both with regard to the spin-labeling protocol and the flexibility of the spin label itself. Recently reported isothiocyanate-substituted aromatic isoindoline-derived nitroxides can be used to quantitatively and selectively modify 2'-amino groups in RNA and do not have the drawbacks associated with 4-isocyanato-TEMPO. This chapter provides a detailed description of the postsynthetic spin-labeling methods of 2'-amino groups in RNA with a special focus on using the aromatic isothiocyanate spin labels.
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- Subham Saha
- Department of Chemistry, Science Institute, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
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- Department of Chemistry, Science Institute, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
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- Department of Chemistry, Science Institute, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland.
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Duss O, Diarra Dit Konté N, Allain FHT. Cut and paste RNA for nuclear magnetic resonance, paramagnetic resonance enhancement, and electron paramagnetic resonance structural studies. Methods Enzymol 2015; 565:537-62. [PMID: 26577744 DOI: 10.1016/bs.mie.2015.05.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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RNA is a crucial regulator involved in most molecular processes of life. Understanding its function at the molecular level requires high-resolution structural information. However, the dynamic nature of RNA complicates structure determination because crystallization is often not possible or can result in crystal-packing artifacts resulting in nonnative structures. To study RNA and its complexes in solution, we described an approach in which large multi-domain RNA or protein-RNA complex structures can be determined at high resolution from isolated domains determined by nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, and then constructing the entire macromolecular structure using electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) long-range distance constraints. Every step in this structure determination approach requires different types of isotope or spin-labeled RNAs. Here, we present a simple modular RNA cut and paste approach including protocols to generate (1) small isotopically labeled RNAs (<10 nucleotides) for NMR structural studies, which cannot be obtained by standard protocols, (2) large segmentally isotope and/or spin-labeled RNAs for diamagnetic NMR and paramagnetic relaxation enhancement NMR, and (3) large spin-labeled RNAs for pulse EPR spectroscopy.
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- Olivier Duss
- Institute for Molecular Biology and Biophysics, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland.
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- Institute for Molecular Biology and Biophysics, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland.
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Catalysis is a fundamental chemical concept, and many kinds of catalysts have considerable practical value. Developing entirely new catalysts is an exciting challenge. Rational design and screening have provided many new small-molecule catalysts, and directed evolution has been used to optimize or redefine the function of many protein enzymes. However, these approaches have inherent limitations that prompt the pursuit of different kinds of catalysts using other experimental methods. Nature evolved RNA enzymes, or ribozymes, for key catalytic roles that in modern biology are limited to phosphodiester cleavage/ligation and amide bond formation. Artificial DNA enzymes, or deoxyribozymes, have great promise for a broad range of catalytic activities. They can be identified from unbiased (random) sequence populations as long as the appropriate in vitro selection strategies can be implemented for their identification. Notably, in vitro selection is different in key conceptual and practical ways from rational design, screening, and directed evolution. This Account describes the development by in vitro selection of DNA catalysts for many different kinds of covalent modification reactions of peptide and protein substrates, inspired in part by our earlier work with DNA-catalyzed RNA ligation reactions. In one set of studies, we have sought DNA-catalyzed peptide backbone cleavage, with the long-term goal of artificial DNA-based proteases. We originally anticipated that amide hydrolysis should be readily achieved, but in vitro selection instead surprisingly led to deoxyribozymes for DNA phosphodiester hydrolysis; this was unexpected because uncatalyzed amide bond hydrolysis is 10(5)-fold faster. After developing a suitable selection approach that actively avoids DNA hydrolysis, we were able to identify deoxyribozymes for hydrolysis of esters and aromatic amides (anilides). Aliphatic amide cleavage remains an ongoing focus, including via inclusion of chemically modified DNA nucleotides in the catalyst, which we have recently found to enable this cleavage reaction. In numerous other efforts, we have investigated DNA-catalyzed peptide side chain modification reactions. Key successes include nucleopeptide formation (attachment of oligonucleotides to peptide side chains) and phosphatase and kinase activities (removal and attachment of phosphoryl groups to side chains). Through all of these efforts, we have learned the importance of careful selection design, including the frequent need to develop specific "capture" reactions that enable the selection process to provide only those DNA sequences that have the desired catalytic functions. We have established strategies for identifying deoxyribozymes that accept discrete peptide and protein substrates, and we have obtained data to inform the key choice of random region length at the outset of selection experiments. Finally, we have demonstrated the viability of modular deoxyribozymes that include a small-molecule-binding aptamer domain, although the value of such modularity is found to be minimal, with implications for many selection endeavors. Advances such as those summarized in this Account reveal that DNA has considerable catalytic abilities for biochemically relevant reactions, specifically including covalent protein modifications. Moreover, DNA has substantially different, and in many ways better, characteristics than do small molecules or proteins for a catalyst that is obtained "from scratch" without demanding any existing information on catalyst structure or mechanism. Therefore, prospects are very strong for continued development and eventual practical applications of deoxyribozymes for peptide and protein modification.
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- Scott K. Silverman
- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana−Champaign, 600 South Mathews Avenue, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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Schmitz AG, Zelger-Paulus S, Gasser G, Sigel RKO. Strategy for Internal Labeling of Large RNAs with Minimal Perturbation by Using Fluorescent PNA. Chembiochem 2015; 16:1302-6. [PMID: 25872497 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201500180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2015] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Fluorescence techniques for the investigation of biomolecules and their folding pathways require an efficient labeling strategy. A common method to internally label large RNAs involves the introduction of long loops for hybridization of fluorophore-carrying DNA strands. Such loops often disturb the structure, and thus the functionality, of the RNA. Here we show, in a proof of concept study with a >600 nucleotide group II intron ribozyme, that the usage of the nucleic acid analogue peptide nucleic acid (PNA) is more efficient in several aspects, minimizing the required structural modifications of the RNA. We demonstrate by various methods, including smFRET, that much smaller concentrations and shorter PNAs can be applied, compared to DNA, for rapid and specific internal RNA labeling. The folding pathway and catalytic activity of this large ribozyme is only minimally affected by the PNA, but the background signal is significantly reduced.
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- Anita G Schmitz
- Department of Chemistry, University of Zürich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057 Zürich (Switzerland)
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Zürich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057 Zürich (Switzerland)
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Zürich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057 Zürich (Switzerland).
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Zürich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057 Zürich (Switzerland).
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Hennig J, Warner LR, Simon B, Geerlof A, Mackereth CD, Sattler M. Structural Analysis of Protein-RNA Complexes in Solution Using NMR Paramagnetic Relaxation Enhancements. Methods Enzymol 2015; 558:333-362. [PMID: 26068746 DOI: 10.1016/bs.mie.2015.02.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Biological activity in the cell is predominantly mediated by large multiprotein and protein-nucleic acid complexes that act together to ensure functional fidelity. Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy is the only method that can provide information for high-resolution three-dimensional structures and the conformational dynamics of these complexes in solution. Mapping of binding interfaces and molecular interactions along with the characterization of conformational dynamics is possible for very large protein complexes. In contrast, de novo structure determination by NMR becomes very time consuming and difficult for protein complexes larger than 30 kDa as data are noisy and sparse. Fortunately, high-resolution structures are often available for individual domains or subunits of a protein complex and thus sparse data can be used to define their arrangement and dynamics within the assembled complex. In these cases, NMR can therefore be efficiently combined with complementary solution techniques, such as small-angle X-ray or neutron scattering, to provide a comprehensive description of the structure and dynamics of protein complexes in solution. Particularly useful are NMR-derived paramagnetic relaxation enhancements (PREs), which provide long-range distance restraints (ca. 20Å) for structural analysis of large complexes and also report on conformational dynamics in solution. Here, we describe the use of PREs from sample production to structure calculation, focusing on protein-RNA complexes. On the basis of recent examples from our own research, we demonstrate the utility, present protocols, and discuss potential pitfalls when using PREs for studying the structure and dynamic features of protein-RNA complexes.
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- Janosch Hennig
- Institute of Structural Biology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Oberschleißheim, Germany; Center for Integrated Protein Science Munich at Biomolecular NMR Spectroscopy, Department Chemie, Technische Universität München, Garching, Germany
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- Institute of Structural Biology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Oberschleißheim, Germany; Center for Integrated Protein Science Munich at Biomolecular NMR Spectroscopy, Department Chemie, Technische Universität München, Garching, Germany
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute of Structural Biology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Oberschleißheim, Germany; Center for Integrated Protein Science Munich at Biomolecular NMR Spectroscopy, Department Chemie, Technische Universität München, Garching, Germany
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- Institut Européen de Chimie et Biologie, IECB, Univ. Bordeaux, Pessac, France; Inserm, U869, ARNA Laboratory, Bordeaux, France
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- Institute of Structural Biology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Oberschleißheim, Germany; Center for Integrated Protein Science Munich at Biomolecular NMR Spectroscopy, Department Chemie, Technische Universität München, Garching, Germany.
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Kahlscheuer ML, Widom J, Walter NG. Single-Molecule Pull-Down FRET to Dissect the Mechanisms of Biomolecular Machines. Methods Enzymol 2015; 558:539-570. [PMID: 26068753 PMCID: PMC4886477 DOI: 10.1016/bs.mie.2015.01.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Spliceosomes are multimegadalton RNA-protein complexes responsible for the faithful removal of noncoding segments (introns) from pre-messenger RNAs (pre-mRNAs), a process critical for the maturation of eukaryotic mRNAs for subsequent translation by the ribosome. Both the spliceosome and ribosome, as well as many other RNA and DNA processing machineries, contain central RNA components that endow biomolecular complexes with precise, sequence-specific nucleic acid recognition, and versatile structural dynamics. Single-molecule fluorescence (or Förster) resonance energy transfer (smFRET) microscopy is a powerful tool for the study of local and global conformational changes of both simple and complex biomolecular systems involving RNA. The integration of biochemical tools such as immunoprecipitation with advanced methods in smFRET microscopy and data analysis has opened up entirely new avenues toward studying the mechanisms of biomolecular machines isolated directly from complex biological specimens, such as cell extracts. Here, we detail the general steps for using prism-based total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy in exemplary single-molecule pull-down FRET studies of the yeast spliceosome and discuss the broad application potential of this technique.
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- Matthew L Kahlscheuer
- Single Molecule Analysis Group, Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- Single Molecule Analysis Group, Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- Single Molecule Analysis Group, Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
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Prisner TF, Marko A, Sigurdsson ST. Conformational dynamics of nucleic acid molecules studied by PELDOR spectroscopy with rigid spin labels. JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE (SAN DIEGO, CALIF. : 1997) 2015; 252:187-98. [PMID: 25701439 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2014.12.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2014] [Revised: 12/16/2014] [Accepted: 12/19/2014] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Nucleic acid molecules can adopt a variety of structures and exhibit a large degree of conformational flexibility to fulfill their various functions in cells. Here we describe the use of Pulsed Electron-Electron Double Resonance (PELDOR or DEER) to investigate nucleic acid molecules where two cytosine analogs have been incorporated as spin probes. Because these new types of spin labels are rigid and incorporated into double stranded DNA and RNA molecules, there is no additional flexibility of the spin label itself present. Therefore the magnetic dipole-dipole interaction between both spin labels encodes for the distance as well as for the mutual orientation between the spin labels. All of this information can be extracted by multi-frequency/multi-field PELDOR experiments, which gives very precise and valuable information about the structure and conformational flexibility of the nucleic acid molecules. We describe in detail our procedure to obtain the conformational ensembles and show the accuracy and limitations with test examples and application to double-stranded DNA.
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- T F Prisner
- Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry and Center of Biomolecular Magnetic Resonance, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany.
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- Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry and Center of Biomolecular Magnetic Resonance, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany
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- Science Institute, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
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Gillingham D, Shahid R. Catalysts for RNA and DNA modification. Curr Opin Chem Biol 2015; 25:110-4. [PMID: 25590584 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2014.12.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2014] [Revised: 12/11/2014] [Accepted: 12/15/2014] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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To study DNAs and RNAs it is often necessary to chemically modify them. Nature's strategy for nucleic acid modification is to use selective catalysts, and chemists have begun to emulate this conceptual approach. In this review we present a summary of catalytic approaches toward the construction of modified RNAs and DNAs and outline our opinions on where new research is needed.
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- COMSATS Institute of Technology, Park Road, Islamabad, Pakistan
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Combining NMR and EPR to Determine Structures of Large RNAs and Protein–RNA Complexes in Solution. Methods Enzymol 2015; 558:279-331. [DOI: 10.1016/bs.mie.2015.02.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Turriani E, Höbartner C, Jovin TM. Mg2+-dependent conformational changes and product release during DNA-catalyzed RNA ligation monitored by Bimane fluorescence. Nucleic Acids Res 2014; 43:40-50. [PMID: 25505142 PMCID: PMC4288166 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gku1268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Among the deoxyribozymes catalyzing the ligation of two RNA substrates, 7S11 generates a branched RNA containing a 2',5'-linkage. We have attached the small fluorogenic probe Bimane to the triphosphate terminated RNA substrate and utilized emission intensity and anisotropy to follow structural rearrangements leading to a catalytically active complex upon addition of Mg(2+). Bimane coupled to synthetic oligonucleotides is quenched by nearby guanines via photoinduced electron transfer. The degree of quenching is sensitive to changes in the base pairing of the residues involved and in their distances to the probe. These phenomena permit the characterization of various sequential processes in the assembly and function of 7S11: binding of Mg(2+) to the triphosphate moiety, release of quenching of the probe by the 5'-terminal G residues of R-RNA as they engage in secondary base-pair interactions, local rearrangement into a distinct active conformation, and continuous release of the Bimane-labeled pyrophosphate during the course of reaction at 37°C. It was possible to assign equilibrium and rate constants and structural interpretations to the sequence of conformational transitions and catalysis, information useful for optimizing the design of next generation deoxyribozymes. The fluorescent signatures, thermodynamic equilibria and catalytic function of numerous mutated (base/substituted) molecules were examined.
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- Elisa Turriani
- Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa, Piazza dei Cavalieri 7, I-56126 Pisa, Italy Laboratory for Cellular Dynamics, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Max Planck Research Group Nucleic Acid Chemistry, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, 37077 Göttingen, Germany and Institute for Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, Georg August University Göttingen, Tammannstrasse 2, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Laboratory for Cellular Dynamics, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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Deoxyribozyme-Mediated Ligation for Incorporating EPR Spin Labels and Reporter Groups into RNA. Methods Enzymol 2014; 549:85-104. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-801122-5.00004-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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