Antisense inhibition of gene expression in bacteria by PNA targeted to mRNA

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 355-358

  Good, Liam ^a   Nielsen, Peter E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Gene regulation; Nucleic acid engineering

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; BETA LACTAMASE; MESSENGER RNA; PEPTIDE NUCLEIC ACID;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE TECHNOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID PROBE; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

AMPICILLIN; AMPICILLIN RESISTANCE; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; BETA-LACTAMASES; CODON, INITIATOR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PEPTIDES; RNA, MESSENGER;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0031979354     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nbt0498-355     Document Type: Article

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