The rpsO mRNA of Escherichia coli is polyadenylated at multiple sites resulting from endonucleolytic processing and exonucleolytic degradation

EMBO Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 3144-3152

  Haugel Nielsen, Jeanette ^a   Hajnsdorf, Eliane ^a   Règnier, Philippe ^a  

^a INST DE BIOLOGIE PHYSICO CHIMIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

3' to 5' exonucleases; mRNA polyadenylation; mRNA stability; Poly(A) polymerase I; RNase E

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; POLYNUCLEOTIDE ADENYLYLTRANSFERASE; POLYRIBONUCLEOTIDE NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASE; RIBONUCLEASE; RIBOSOME PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; POLYADENYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; RNA PROCESSING; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION;

EID: 0029891493     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1996.tb00677.x     Document Type: Article

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