PNPase modulates RNase II expression in Escherichia coli: Implications for mRNA decay and cell metabolism

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1033-1042

  Zilhão, Rita ^a   Cairrão, Fátima ^a   Régnier, Philippe ^b   Arraiano, Cecília M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

^b INST DE BIOLOGIE PHYSICO CHIMIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; RIBONUCLEASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; DELETION MUTANT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INDUCTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXORIBONUCLEASES; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; LAC OPERON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; OPERON; POLYRIBONUCLEOTIDE NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASE; RNA, MESSENGER;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030007719     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.1996.tb02544.x     Document Type: Article

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