Translational independence between overlapping genes for a restriction endonuclease and its transcriptional regulator

BMC Molecular Biology

Volumn 11, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Kaw, Meenakshi K ^a   Blumenthal, Robert M ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; MESSENGER RNA; METHYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN C; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; SHORT HAIRPIN RNA; TYPE II SITE SPECIFIC DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHROMOSOME; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA METHYLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; RIBOSOME; START CODON; STOP CODON; TRANSLATION INITIATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; LACTOSE OPERON; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PROTEUS VULGARIS;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA RESTRICTION ENZYMES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, OVERLAPPING; LAC OPERON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEUS VULGARIS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 78349258234     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2199-11-87     Document Type: Article

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