Antisense RNA-mediated transcriptional attenuation: An in vitro study of plasmid pT181

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1469-1482

  Brantl, Sabine ^a   Wagner, E Gerhart H ^b  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY RNA;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA BINDING; RNA STRUCTURE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA REPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; KINETICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PLASMIDS; RNA, ANTISENSE; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0034021323     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2000.01813.x     Document Type: Article

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