cry1Aa lacks stability elements at its 5′-UTR but integrity of its transcription terminator is critical to prevent decay of its transcript

Current Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 23-29

  Ramírez Prado, Jorge Humberto ^a   Martínez Márquez, Eva Isabel ^a   Olmedo Alvarez, Gabriela ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRY1AA GENE; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC STABILITY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; RNA TRANSLATION;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CODON, TERMINATOR; GLUCURONIDASE; MODELS, GENETIC; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PLASMIDS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; RNA STABILITY; RNA, BACTERIAL; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33746405131     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: 14320991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00284-005-5178-1     Document Type: Article

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