Gene targeting in the gram-positive bacterium Lactococcus lactis, using various delta ribozymes

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 869-879

  Fiola, Karine ^a,b   Perreault, Jean Pierre ^b,c   Cousineau, Benoit ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^c CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CELLS; GENES; RNA; VIRUSES;

CLASSICAL DELTA RIBOZYMES; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS; INACTIVATION SYSTEMS;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

ELONGATION FACTOR TU; MESSENGER RNA; OLIGODEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDE; RIBONUCLEASE H; RIBOZYME;

BACTERIUM; CATALYSIS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MAMMAL; RNA; VIRUS;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE TARGETING; HALF LIFE TIME; HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SEQUENCE; CLASSIFICATION; CONFORMATION; ENZYMOLOGY; EVALUATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MAMMALIA; POSIBACTERIA; RNA VIRUSES;

BASE SEQUENCE; GENE SILENCING; GENE TARGETING; HALF-LIFE; HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTOR TU; RNA, CATALYTIC; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 33644864362     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.72.1.869-879.2006     Document Type: Article

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