Growth rate regulation of 4.5 S RNA and M1 RNA the catalytic subunit of Escherichia coli RNase P

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 261, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 303-308

  Dong, Hengjiang ^a,b   Kirsebom, Leif A ^a   Nilsson, Lars ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

4.5 S RNA; Escherichia coli; FIS; ppGpp; RNase P RNA

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; BACTERIAL RNA; RIBONUCLEASE P; TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GROWTH RATE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SYNTHESIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030598998     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0461     Document Type: Editorial

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