Role of the spacer BoxA of Escherichia coli ribosomal RNA operons in efficient 23 S rRNA synthesis in vivo

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 265, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 385-393

  Pfeiffer, Thomas ^a   Hartmann, Roland K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

E. coli rrnB operon; Leader and spacer boxA mutations; Primer extension analysis; Regulation of rRNA synthesis; rRNA antitermination

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 16S; RNA 23S; RNA POLYMERASE; SPACER DNA;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PLASMID; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOSOME; RNA SYNTHESIS; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0031592481     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0744     Document Type: Article

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