A split intein T7 RNA polymerase for transcriptional AND-logic

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 42, Issue 19, 2014, Pages 12322-12328

  Schaerli, Yolanda ^a,b,d   Gili, Magüi ^a,b   Isalan, Mark ^a,b,c  

^a CENTRE FOR GENOMIC REGULATION CRG   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE; T7 RNA POLYMERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIOPHAGE T7 RNA POLYMERASE; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; VIRUS PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA SPLICING; RNA STRUCTURE; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; CHEMISTRY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; TRANS SPLICING;

DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; TRANS-SPLICING; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 84925283655     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gku884     Document Type: Article

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