Development of Design Rules for Reliable Antisense RNA Behavior in E. coli

ACS Synthetic Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 1441-1454

  Hoynes O’Connor, Allison ^a   Moon, Tae Seok ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

antisense RNA; gene repression; genetic circuit; RNA regulator; RNA synthetic biology

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY RNA; MESSENGER RNA; CARRIER PROTEIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; HFQ PROTEIN, E COLI; HOST FACTOR 1;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; COMPLEX FORMATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE REPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOSOME; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; THERMODYNAMICS; CONFORMATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MISMATCH REPAIR; PLASMID; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE;

CARRIER PROTEINS; DNA MISMATCH REPAIR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; HOST FACTOR 1 PROTEIN; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PLASMIDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RNA, ANTISENSE; RNA, MESSENGER; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; THERMODYNAMICS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE;

EID: 85006511345     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21615063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acssynbio.6b00036     Document Type: Article

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