RNA aptamers as genetic control devices: The potential of riboswitches as synthetic elements for regulating gene expression

Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 246-257

  Berens, Christian ^a   Groher, Florian ^b   Suess, Beatrix ^b  

^a FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^b DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Engineered riboswitch; Regulatory circuits; RNA aptamer; RNA aptazyme; SELEX

Indexed keywords

LIGANDS; RNA; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

CONFORMATIONAL CHANGE; MODULAR ORGANIZATIONS; REGULATORY CIRCUITS; REGULATORY PROPERTIES; RIBOSWITCHES; RNA APTAMER; SELEX; SMALL-MOLECULE BINDINGS;

GENE EXPRESSION;

APTAMER; RNA; RIBOSWITCH;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DEVICES; EUKARYOTE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC REGULATION; LIGAND BINDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RIBOSWITCH; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; PROCEDURES;

EUKARYOTA;

APTAMERS, NUCLEOTIDE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; RIBOSWITCH; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

EID: 84922652279     PISSN: 18606768     EISSN: 18607314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/biot.201300498     Document Type: Review

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