Nucleic Acids Research, 1980, Vol. 8, No. 7 1675-1691
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Azidopolynucleotides as photoaffinity reagents

Department of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, University of Warwick Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK
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Received January 24, 1980.
Polynucleotides containing adenosine and 8-azidoadenosine or inosine and 8-azidoinosine residues have been prepared from mixtures of nucleoside diphosphatea using polynucleotide phosphorylase from Escheriohia coli. These copolymers can form complexes with polyuridylic or polycytidylic acids respectively. Single stranded poly(adenylic,8-azidoadenylic acid) [poly(A, z8A)] has been used as a photoaffinity reagent to explore the subunit topography of RNA polymerase from E.coli.
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