Inhibition of Cell Division Induced by External Guide Sequences (EGS Technology) Targeting ftsZ

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Sala, Carol Davies ^a   Soler Bistué, Alfonso J C ^a,b,c   Korprapun, Leeann ^a,b   Zorreguieta, Angeles ^a   Tolmasky, Marcelo E ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; RIBONUCLEASE P; TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; EXTERNAL GUIDE SEQUENCE TECHNOLOGY; FTSZ GENE; GENE; GENE TARGETING; GENE TECHNOLOGY; GROWTH INHIBITION; IN VITRO STUDY; MITOSIS INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; RECOMBINANT PLASMID; RNA BINDING; RNA CLEAVAGE; RNA STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL DIVISION; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DRUG DESIGN; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; OLIGORIBONUCLEOTIDES, ANTISENSE; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RIBONUCLEASE P; RNA CLEAVAGE; TERMINATOR REGIONS, GENETIC;

EID: 84867869154     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0047690     Document Type: Article

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