RNA detection in live bacterial cells using fluorescent protein complementation triggered by interaction of two RNA aptamers with two RNA-binding peptides

Pharmaceuticals

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 494-508

  Yiu, Hung Wei ^a,c   Demidov, Vadim V ^a,d   Toran, Paul ^a   Cantor, Charles R ^a,b   Broude, Natalia E ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SEQUENOM INC   (United States)

^c TaiDoc Technology Corporation   (Taiwan)

^d Global Prior Art Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

E. coli cells; Fluorescent protein; Protein complementation; RNA aptamer; RNA localization; RNA binding viral peptide

Indexed keywords

APTAMER; BACTERIAL RNA; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; RNA APTAMER; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BINDING AFFINITY; CELL LABELING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTIC CELL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PROKARYOTIC CELL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RNA ANALYSIS; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

EID: 79955577661     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14248247     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ph4030494     Document Type: Article

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