Computational design of small transcription activating RNAs for versatile and dynamic gene regulation

Nature Communications

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Chappell, James ^a   Westbrook, Alexandra ^b   Verosloff, Matthew ^c   Lucks, Julius B ^a,c  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

^b School of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOINFORMATICS; BIOLOGY; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELLS AND CELL COMPONENTS; CYTOGENETICS; DESIGN; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; METABOLISM; RNA;

METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; REPRESSOR GENE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; CRISPR CAS SYSTEM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE MOTIF; PROCEDURES; REGULATOR GENE; REGULATORY SEQUENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

RNA;

COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; CRISPR-CAS SYSTEMS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; NUCLEOTIDE MOTIFS; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RNA; TERMINATOR REGIONS, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

EID: 85031911259     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-01082-6     Document Type: Article

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