Quantitative analysis of group II intron expression and splicing in Lactococcus lactis

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 2576-2586

  Chen, Yuqing ^a   Klein, Joanna R ^a   McKay, Larry L ^a   Dunny, Gary M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSAYS; ENZYMES; GENES; PROTEINS; RNA; THERMAL EFFECTS;

BLOTTING; INTRON; SPLICING;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN OPPD; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

GENE TRANSFER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; EXON; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; INTRON; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; LTRB GENE; MATING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SPLICING; TEMPERATURE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INTRONS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SPLICING; TEMPERATURE;

LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS;

EID: 18444411658     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.5.2576-2586.2005     Document Type: Article

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