Regulatory RNAs: Charming gene management styles for synthetic biology applications

RNA Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1778-1797

  Vazquez Anderson, Jorge ^a   Contreras, Lydia M ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Riboswitches; RNA regulation; RNAs and biotechnology; Small RNAs; Synthetic RNAs; Transcriptional control; Translational control

Indexed keywords

APTAMER; MESSENGER RNA; RNA;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ALIIVIBRIO FISCHERI; CELL ENGINEERING; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC REGULATION; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; LIGAND BINDING; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; OSMOLARITY; PH; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; REVIEW; RIBOSWITCH; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA STABILITY; RNA SYNTHESIS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THERMORECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION ELONGATION; TRANSLATION INITIATION;

RIBOSWITCHES; RNA REGULATION; RNAS AND BIOTECHNOLOGY; SMALL RNAS; SYNTHETIC RNAS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL CONTROL; TRANSLATIONAL CONTROL;

APTAMERS, NUCLEOTIDE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, RIBONUCLEIC ACID; RIBOSWITCH; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, SMALL UNTRANSLATED; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

EID: 84893152634     PISSN: 15476286     EISSN: 15558584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/rna.27102     Document Type: Review

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