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In Vitro Transcription Assays and Their Application in Drug Discovery
Published on: September 20, 2016
Vitamin-guanosine monophosphate conjugates for in vitro transcription priming
Nikolaos Papastavrou1, Omprakash Bande1, Philippe Marlière2
1KU Leuven, Rega Institute for Medical Research, Medicinal Chemistry, Herestraat 49-Box 1041, 3000 Leuven, Belgium. piet.herdewijn@kuleuven.be elisabetta.groaz@kuleuven.be.
Abstract:
Expanding the catalytic repertoire of ribozymes to include vitamin synthesis requires efficient labelling of RNA with the substrate of interest, prior to in vitro selection. For this purpose, we rationally designed and synthesized six GMP-conjugates carrying a synthetic pre-thiamine or biotin precursor and investigated their transcription incorporation properties by T7 RNA polymerase.
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