Programmable control of bacterial gene expression with the combined CRISPR and antisense RNA system

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 2462-2473

  Lee, Young Je ^a   Hoynes O'Connor, Allison ^a   Leong, Matthew C ^a   Moon, Tae Seok ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; COMPLEMENTARY RNA; GUIDE RNA; SMALL GUIDE RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CLUSTERED REGULARLY INTERSPACED SHORT PALINDROMIC REPEAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR REPROGRAMMING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA RNA HYBRIDIZATION; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; CHEMISTRY; DRUG DESIGN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PLASMID; PROCEDURES; REPORTER GENE; SYNTHESIS;

CLUSTERED REGULARLY INTERSPACED SHORT PALINDROMIC REPEATS; DRUG DESIGN; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE TARGETING; GENES, REPORTER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PLASMIDS; RNA, ANTISENSE; RNA, GUIDE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 84963828879     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkw056     Document Type: Article

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