An engineered small RNA-mediated genetic switch based on a ribozyme expression platform

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 5542-5552

  Klauser, Benedikt ^a   Hartig, Jörg S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HAMMERHEAD RIBOZYME; MESSENGER RNA; RNA; TRANS ACTING RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOSENSOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC ENGINEERING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; RIBOSWITCH; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; TRANSLATION INITIATION; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, REPORTER; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MUTATION; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PEPTIDE CHAIN INITIATION, TRANSLATIONAL; RNA, CATALYTIC; RNA, SMALL UNTRANSLATED;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84878607202     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkt253     Document Type: Article

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