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RNA-binding proteins tamed

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Novel RNA-binding proteins with customized specificities can be isolated by genetic selection from combinatorial libraries. Such proteins have great potential as agents for targeted manipulation of gene expression.

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  1. the Departments of Surgery and Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Southern California School of Medicine, Norris Cancer Center, M/S 73, Room NOR 6420, 1441 Eastlake Ave., Los Angeles, 90033, California, USA

    Ite A. Laird-Offringa

  2. the Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine and Department of Microbiology, New York University School of Medicine, 540 First Avenue, New York, 10016, New York, USA

    Joel G. Belasco

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Laird-Offringa, I., Belasco, J. RNA-binding proteins tamed. Nat Struct Mol Biol 5, 665–668 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1038/1356

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