Artificial trans-encoded small non-coding RNAs specifically silence the selected gene expression in bacteria

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Man, Shuai ^a   Cheng, Rubin ^a   Miao, Cuicui ^a   Gong, Qianhong ^a   Gu, Yuchao ^a   Lu, Xinzhi ^a   Han, Feng ^a   Yu, Wengong ^a  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL TRANS ENCODED SMALL NONCODING RNA; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; RIBONUCLEASE E; RNA; TRANSFER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BASE PAIRING; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENE TARGETING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA DEGRADATION; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA STRUCTURE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; UIDA GENE;

BASE PAIRING; BINDING SITES; ENDORIBONUCLEASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, ESSENTIAL; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HOST FACTOR 1 PROTEIN; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, SMALL UNTRANSLATED;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 79955607368     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkr034     Document Type: Article

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