Single-molecule approach to molecular biology in living bacterial cells

Annual Review of Biophysics

Volumn 37, Issue , 2008, Pages 417-444

  Xie, X Sunney ^a   Choi, Paul J ^a   Li, Gene Wei ^b   Nam, Ki Lee ^a   Lia, Giuseppe ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA protein interactions; Living cells; Replication; Stochastic gene expression; Transcription; Translation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; FLUORESCENT DYE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; FLUORESCEIN; FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; FLUOROPHORE; GENOMIC DNA; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; REPLISOME; RNA POLYMERASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIAL CELL; DNA REPLICATION; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; GENE CONTROL; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; REVIEW; RNA TRANSLATION; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; GENETIC PROCEDURES; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIUM; BINDING SITE; CYTOPLASM; DIFFUSION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA SYNTHESIS; ENDOCYTOSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXCITATION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HYDROLYSIS; MICROFLUIDICS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR IMAGING; MOLECULAR PROBE; MOLECULE; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STOCHASTIC MODEL; STROBOSCOPY; TANDEM REPEAT; WILD TYPE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR PROBE TECHNIQUES; PROTEIN INTERACTION MAPPING;

EID: 48249095613     PISSN: 1936122X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.biophys.37.092607.174640     Document Type: Review

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