Improved tetracycline repressors for gene silencing in mycobacteria

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1778-1788

  Klotzsche, Marcus ^a,b   Ehrt, Sabine ^a   Schnappinger, Dirk ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANHYDROTETRACYCLINE; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; TETRACYCLINE REPRESSOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; TETRACYCLINE RESISTANCE ENCODING TRANSPOSON REPRESSOR PROTEIN; TETRACYCLINE RESISTANCE-ENCODING TRANSPOSON REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; MYCOBACTERIUM;

CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS BCG; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; CODON; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE SILENCING; GENES, REPORTER; MUTATION; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 64549137584     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkp015     Document Type: Article

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