Antisense-RNA mediated control of plasmid replication - pIP501 revisited

Plasmid

Volumn 78, Issue , 2015, Pages 4-16

  Brantl, Sabine ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antisense RNA; Bacillus subtilis; PIP501; Plasmid copy number; Plasmid replication control; Transcriptional attenuation

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY RNA; CUER PROTEIN, E COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; DNA REPLICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PLASMID; PROMOTER REGION; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DNA REPLICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RNA, ANTISENSE; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84939996368     PISSN: 0147619X     EISSN: 10959890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plasmid.2014.07.004     Document Type: Article

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