The T7 concatemer junction sequence interferes with expression from a downstream T7 promoter in vivo

Gene Expression

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 141-149

  Harvey, Bohdan ^a   Korus, Malgorzata ^b   Goldman, Emanuel ^a,b  

^a The State University of New Jersey   (United States)

^b RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Concatemer junction; Preproparathyroid hormone; T7 promoter

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; METHIONINE; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PHOSPHATE; PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE; GENOME; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION;

BACTERIOPHAGE T7; BASE SEQUENCE; CODON; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TERMINATOR REGIONS (GENETICS); VIRAL PROTEINS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0033385013     PISSN: 10522166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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