Rapid in vivo exploration of a 5S rRNA neutral network

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 181-187

  Zhang, Zhengdong D ^a   Nayar, Madhavi ^b   Ammons, David ^c   Rampersad, Joanne ^c   Fox, George E ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Houston   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PAN AMERICAN   (United States)

Author keywords

5S rRNA; E. coli knockout strains; In vivo mutagenesis; Neutral network

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC RNA; RNA 5S;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GROWTH RATE; IN VIVO STUDY; KNOCKOUT GENE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; WILD TYPE;

COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; GENETIC VECTORS; MUTAGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 5S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIBRIO;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 58349087687     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2008.10.010     Document Type: Article

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