RNase E, the major player in mRNA degradation, is down-regulated in Escherichia coli during a transient growth retardation (diauxic lag)

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 379, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 33-38

  Barlow, Tamara ^a   Berkmen, Mehmet ^b   Georgellis, Dimitris ^b   Bayr, Lourdes ^b   Arvidson, Staffan ^a   Von Gabain, Alexander ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b Vienna Biocenter   (Austria)

Author keywords

Global regulation; Growth stage; mRNA degradation; RNase E

Indexed keywords

CELL ENZYME; GENE PRODUCT; MESSENGER RNA; RIBONUCLEASE; RIBONUCLEASE E; RIBOSOME RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CONTROL; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GROWTH RETARDATION; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA DEGRADATION; RNA METABOLISM; RNA PROCESSING; STEADY STATE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0031982965     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/bchm.1998.379.1.33     Document Type: Article

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