Gene silencing in Escherichia coli using antisense RNAs expressed from doxycycline-inducible vectors

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 436-442

  Nakashima, N ^a,b   Tamura, T ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antisense RNA; Doxycycline inducible promoter; Escherichia coli; Gene silencing; T7 promoter

Indexed keywords

GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; RNA; VECTORS;

ANTISENSE RNA; DOXYCYCLINE; DOXYCYCLINE-INDUCIBLE PROMOTER; EXPRESSION LEVELS; GALACTOPYRANOSIDE; GENE SILENCING; INDUCIBLE PROMOTER; POLYMERASE GENES; T7 PROMOTER; T7 RNA POLYMERASE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; COMPLEMENTARY RNA; DOXYCYCLINE; ISOPROPYL THIOGALACTOSIDE; RNA POLYMERASE;

ANTIBIOTICS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; DISEASE VECTOR; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC MARKER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SILENCING; GENOME; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84877922213     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/lam.12066     Document Type: Article

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