Controlled Expression of an rpoS Antisense RNA Can Inhibit RpoS Function in Escherichia coli

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 3485-3493

  Chen, Guozhu ^a   Patten, Cheryl L ^a   Schellhorn, Herb E ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; CATALASE HPII; COMPLEMENTARY RNA; GLYCOGEN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; RNA POLYMERASE; SIGMA FACTOR RPOS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; GLYCOGEN SYNTHESIS; HOST RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULON;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CATALASE; DNA PROBES; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GLYCOGEN; PLASMIDS; REGULON; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, ANTISENSE; RNA, BACTERIAL; SIGMA FACTOR;

EID: 0242322626     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.47.11.3485-3493.2003     Document Type: Article

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