A flow cytometry-based screen for synthetic riboswitches

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 184-192

  Lynch, Sean A ^a   Gallivan, Justin P ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APTAMER;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RIBOSOME; RIBOSWITCH; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA STRUCTURE;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; APTAMERS, NUCLEOTIDE; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CELL SEPARATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, REPORTER; MUTATION; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, RIBONUCLEIC ACID; RIBOSOMES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; THEOPHYLLINE;

EID: 58549088724     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkn924     Document Type: Article

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