Boosting riboswitch efficiency by RNA amplification

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2015, Pages

  Emadpour, Masoumeh ^a   Karcher, Daniel ^a   Bock, Ralph ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PLANT PHYSIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPLAST RNA; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIGEN; RNA; BACTERIOPHAGE T7 RNA POLYMERASE; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; NEF PROTEIN; NEF PROTEIN, HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; RIBOSWITCH; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CHLOROPLAST GENOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; NICOTIANA TABACUM; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RIBOSWITCH; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; TOBACCO; TRANSGENE;

EMBRYOPHYTA;

DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOME, CHLOROPLAST; NEF GENE PRODUCTS, HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RIBOSWITCH; TOBACCO; TRANSGENES; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 84931265590     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkv165     Document Type: Article

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