Experimental characterization of cis-acting elements important for translation and transcription in halophilic archaea

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 3, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2450-2467

  Brenneis, Mariam ^a   Hering, Oliver ^a   Lange, Christian ^a   Soppa, Jörg ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIS ACTING ELEMENT; RNA 16S; ARCHAEAL DNA; ARCHAEAL RNA;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE FUSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME ANALYSIS; HALOBACTERIUM SALINARUM; HALOFERAX VOLCANII; HALOPHILIC ARCHAEON; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; REPORTER GENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION; TRANSLATION INITIATION; BIOLOGY; GENE; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

ARCHAEA; EUKARYOTA; HALOBACTERIA; HALOBACTERIUM SALINARUM; HALOFERAX VOLCANII; PYROBACULUM AEROPHILUM;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; BASE SEQUENCE; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DNA, ARCHAEAL; GENE FUSION; GENES, ARCHAEAL; GENES, REPORTER; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HALOBACTERIUM SALINARUM; HALOFERAX VOLCANII; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RNA, ARCHAEAL; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 37749051212     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.0030229     Document Type: Article

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