Regulation of transcription by unnatural amino acids

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 164-170

  Liu, Chang C ^a,b   Qi, Lei ^a   Yanofsky, Charles ^c   Arkin, Adam P ^a,d,e  

^a University of California at Berkeley   (United States)

^b Miller Institute for Basic Research in Science   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL SENSING; CELLULAR FUNCTION; EXPRESSION SYSTEM; GENE TRANSCRIPTIONS; GENETIC CODE; INDUCIBLE SYSTEMS; REGULATION OF TRANSCRIPTION; SMALL MOLECULES; UNIVERSAL LOGIC;

AMINO ACIDS; DISPLAY DEVICES; MOLECULES; TRANSCRIPTION;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION;

AMINO ACID; CIS REGULATORY LEADER PEPTIDE ELEMENT; PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNNATURAL AMINO ACID;

ARTICLE; GENETIC CODE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AMINO ACIDS; CODON; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MODELS, GENETIC; REGULATORY ELEMENTS, TRANSCRIPTIONAL; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 79751502382     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: 15461696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nbt.1741     Document Type: Article

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