Direct evidence for mRNA binding and post-transcriptional regulation by Escherichia coli aconitases

Microbiology

Volumn 145, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 3069-3079

  Tang, Yue ^a   Guest, John R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conitase; mRNA stability; Oxidative stress; Post transcriptional regulation; Protein mRNA interactions

Indexed keywords

ACONITATE HYDRATASE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BACTERIAL RNA; MESSENGER RNA;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0032739921     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-145-11-3069     Document Type: Article

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