Riboswitches: From living biosensors to novel targets of antibiotics

Gene

Volumn 591, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 244-259

  Mehdizadeh Aghdam, Elnaz ^a   Hejazi, Mohammad Saeid ^a   Barzegar, Abolfazl ^a,b  

^a TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TABRIZ   (Iran)

Author keywords

Antibacterials; Biosensor; Drug design; Engineered riboswitches; Riboswitch; RNA

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; APTAMER; FLUORIDE; GUANINE; LYSINE; MESSENGER RNA; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; TETRACYCLINE; THEOPHYLLINE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RIBOSWITCH;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BINDING SITE; BIOSENSOR; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DRUG DESIGN; DRUG TARGETING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; LIGAND BINDING; NONHUMAN; PATENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; REVIEW; RIBOSOMAL FRAMESHIFTING; RIBOSOME; RIBOSWITCH; RNA CLEAVAGE; RNA DEGRADATION; RNA FOLDING; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION; TRANSLATION INITIATION; TRANSLATION REGULATION; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG DEVELOPMENT; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENETICS; HUMAN; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; DRUG DISCOVERY; HUMANS; RIBOSWITCH;

EID: 84987670110     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: 18790038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2016.07.035     Document Type: Review

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