Synthetic RNA Silencing of Actinorhodin Biosynthesis in Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2)

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Uguru, Gabriel C ^a   Mondhe, Madhav ^a,d   Goh, Shan ^b   Hesketh, Andrew ^c,e   Bibb, Mervyn J ^c   Good, Liam ^b   Stach, James E M ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^c JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d CARDIFF UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTINORHODINE; COMPLEMENTARY RNA; PEPTIDE NUCLEIC ACID; RNA; SYNTHETIC RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTHRAQUINONE DERIVATIVE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC BIOSYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; NONHUMAN; STREPTOMYCES COELICOLOR; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; RNA INTERFERENCE;

STREPTOMYCES; STREPTOMYCES COELICOLOR;

ANTHRAQUINONES; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; PEPTIDE NUCLEIC ACIDS; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, ANTISENSE; STREPTOMYCES COELICOLOR;

EID: 84879547445     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0067509     Document Type: Article

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