Comparison of in vivo activities of 5'-connected and 3'-connected cis-acting ribozymes: Selection of intracellularly active ribozymes using the gene for dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR) as a selective marker in Escherichia coli

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 123, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 684-692

  Hamada, Makiko ^a,b,c   Fujita, Satoshi ^a,b,c   Kise, Hideo ^c   Jigami, Yoshifumi ^b,c   Taira, Kazunari ^a,b,c  

^a NATL INST FOR ADV INTERDISC RES   (Japan)

^b NATL INST BIOSCI HUM TECHNOL   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

DHFR; Hammerhead; In vivo selection; Ribozyme; Translation

Indexed keywords

DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; RIBOZYME; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG RESISTANCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC SELECTION; MARKER GENE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; POLYSOME; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0031957402     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a021992     Document Type: Article

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