Knockdown of recA gene expression by artificial small RNAs in Escherichia coli

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 430, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 256-259

  Sharma, Vandana ^a   Sakai, Yuta ^a,b   Smythe, Kiah A ^a   Yokobayashi, Yohei ^a  

^a Davis   (United States)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antibiotic sensitivity; Artificial small RNA; Noncoding RNA; RecA; Swarming motility

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; MESSENGER RNA; RECA PROTEIN; SMALL UNTRANSLATED RNA;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECA GENE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; REC A RECOMBINASES; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SOS RESPONSE (GENETICS);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84872401866     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2012.10.141     Document Type: Article

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