Design criteria for synthetic riboswitches acting on transcription

RNA Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 221-231

  Wachsmuth, Manja ^a   Domin, Gesine ^a   Lorenz, Ronny ^a,b   Serfling, Robert ^a   Findeiß, Sven ^b   Stadler, Peter F ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Mörl, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MATHEMATICS IN THE SCIENCES   (Germany)

^d FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR CELL THERAPY AND IMMUNOLOGY   (Germany)

^e SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f Center for RNA in Technology and Health   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Riboswitch design; Synthetic biology; Synthetic riboswitch; Tandem riboswitch; Theophylline aptamer; Transcription regulation

Indexed keywords

APTAMER; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; MESSENGER RNA; SHORT HAIRPIN RNA; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; RIBOSWITCH; THEOPHYLLINE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; LIGAND BINDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPORTER GENE; RESTRICTION SITE; RIBOSOME SHUNTING; RIBOSWITCH; RNA CLEAVAGE; RNA CONFORMATION; RNA STRUCTURE; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; TANDEM REPEAT; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; DRUG DESIGN; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; DRUG DESIGN; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, REPORTER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RIBOSWITCH; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; THEOPHYLLINE; THERMODYNAMICS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84928267620     PISSN: 15476286     EISSN: 15558584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15476286.2015.1017235     Document Type: Article

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