Thrombin-mediated transcriptional regulation using DNA aptamers in DNA-based cell-free protein synthesis

ACS Synthetic Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 340-346

  Iyer, Sukanya ^a,b   Doktycz, Mitchel J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

cell free systems; DNA aptamer; T7 promoters; thrombin; transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

APTAMER; DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; LIGAND; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; THROMBIN;

ARTICLE; CELL FREE SYSTEM; DNA TEMPLATE; GENE EXPRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; CHEMISTRY; ENTEROBACTERIA PHAGE T7; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; PLASMID; PROCEDURES;

APTAMERS, NUCLEOTIDE; BACTERIOPHAGE T7; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; CELL-FREE SYSTEM; DNA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; THROMBIN; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84903178620     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21615063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/sb4000756     Document Type: Article

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