Programmed cell death by hok/sok of plasmid R1: Processing at the hok mRNA 3'-end triggers structural rearrangements that allow translation and antisense RNA binding

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 273, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 38-51

  Franch, Thomas ^a   Gultyaev, Alexander P ^b   Gerdes, Kenn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antisense RNA; hok; RNA rearrangements; Sok; Translational initiation

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY RNA; MESSENGER RNA;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA BINDING; RNA CONFORMATION; RNA PROCESSING; RNA STRUCTURE; TRANSLATION INITIATION;

EID: 0031576356     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1997.1294     Document Type: Article

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