mRNA stabilization by the ompA 5' untranslated region: Two protective elements hinder distinct pathways for mRNA degradation

RNA

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 319-330

  Arnold, Todd E ^a,c   Yu, Jeanne ^a   Belasco, Joel G ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MILLIPORE CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

E. coli; mRNA degradation; ompA; Ribosome binding; RNA stem loop; RNase E

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; MESSENGER RNA; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOSOME; RNA DEGRADATION; RNA STRUCTURE;

BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; ENDORIBONUCLEASES; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RIBOSOMAL PROTEINS; RIBOSOMES; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0031951386     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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