Copy number control of Inclα plasmid ColIb-P9 by competition between pseudoknot formation and antisense RNA binding at a specific RNA site

EMBO Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 17, 1998, Pages 5201-5213

  Asano, Katsura ^a,c   Mizobuchi, Kiyoshi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRO COMMUNICATIONS   (Japan)

^c EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Antisense RNA; Plasmid replication; RNA loop structure; RNA pseudoknot; Translational coupling

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY RNA; PLASMID DNA; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL RNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; MESSENGER RNA; REPZ PROTEIN, PLASMID COLIB P9; REPZ PROTEIN, PLASMID COLIB-P9;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; KINETICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA BINDING; RNA STRUCTURE; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONFORMATION; DNA REPLICATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTAGENESIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID;

PROKARYOTA;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA REPLICATION; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PLASMIDS; RNA, ANTISENSE; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0032162076     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/17.17.5201     Document Type: Article

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