Programmed cell death in bacteria: Translational repression by mRNA end-pairing

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1049-1060

  Franch, Thomas ^a   Gerdes, Kenn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA TRANSLATION; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

EID: 0029795086     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1996.771431.x     Document Type: Article

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