Chapter 13 Construction and Characterization of E. coli K12 Strains in Which the Transcription of Selected Genes Is Desynchronized from Translation

Methods in Enzymology

Volumn 447, Issue , 2008, Pages 243-258

  Proux, Florence ^a,b   Dreyfus, Marc ^a,b  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; MESSENGER RNA; PRIMER DNA; RIBONUCLEASE; RIBONUCLEASE E;

ESCHERICHIA COLI K 12; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA EXTRACTION; RNA ISOLATION; RNA TRANSLATION; WESTERN BLOTTING; ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; LACTOSE OPERON; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DNA PRIMERS; ENDORIBONUCLEASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LAC OPERON; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 58249086414     PISSN: 00766879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0076-6879(08)02213-1     Document Type: Review

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