Fluorescence monitoring of riboswitch transcription regulation using a dual molecular beacon assay

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Chinnappan, Raja ^a   Dubé, Audrey ^a   Lemay, Jean François ^a   Lafontaine, Daniel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2' O METHYLRIBONUCLEOTIDE; ADENINE; DNA; MESSENGER RNA; NUCLEIC ACID; PEPTIDYL NUCLEIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BINDING AFFINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG IDENTIFICATION; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENETIC STABILITY; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; MOLECULAR BEACON; NONHUMAN; PBUE GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RIBOSWITCH; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ADENINE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; FLUORESCENT DYES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GUANINE; LIGANDS; NUCLEIC ACID PROBES; NUCLEOBASE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; RIBOSWITCH; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 84878559511     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkt190     Document Type: Article

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