The Acinetobacter calcoaceticus NCIB8250 mop operon mRNA is differentially degraded, resulting in a higher level of the 3' CatA-encoding segment than of the 5' phenolhydroxylase-encoding portion

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 257, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 330-337

  Schirmer, F ^a   Hillen, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter calcoaceticus; mopKLMNOP; mRNA processing; RNase E

Indexed keywords

CATECHOL 1,2 DIOXYGENASE; MESSENGER RNA; OXYGENASE;

ACINETOBACTER CALCOACETICUS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CISTRON; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA DEGRADATION; RNA PROCESSING; RNA STRUCTURE;

ACINETOBACTER CALCOACETICUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0031907923     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00008621     Document Type: Article

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