Engineering and in vivo applications of riboswitches

Annual Review of Biochemistry

Volumn 86, Issue , 2017, Pages 515-539

  Hallberg, Zachary F ^a   Su, Yichi ^a   Kitto, Rebekah Z ^a   Hammond, Ming C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aptamer; Biosensor; Metabolite sensing; Riboswitch; RNA

Indexed keywords

APTAMER; CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE; FLAVINE MONONUCLEOTIDE; PURINE; TRANSFER RNA; LIGAND; RIBOSWITCH;

CELL METABOLISM; CELL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ENGINEERING; ENZYMIC BIOSENSOR; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; REVIEW; RIBOSWITCH; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR IMAGING; PROCEDURES; RHODOCYCLACEAE; SYNTHESIS;

APTAMERS, NUCLEOTIDE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC ENGINEERING; LIGANDS; MOLECULAR IMAGING; RHODOCYCLACEAE; RIBOSWITCH;

EID: 85021690473     PISSN: 00664154     EISSN: 15454509     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-biochem-060815-014628     Document Type: Review

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