RNase E enzymes from Rhodobacter capsulatus and Escherichia coli differ in context- and sequence-dependent in vivo cleavage within the polycistronic puf mRNA

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 24, 1999, Pages 7621-7625

  Heck, Claudia ^a   Evguenieva Hackenberg, Elena ^a   Balzer, Angelika ^a   Klug, Gabriele ^a  

^a Institut fur Mikrobiologie und Molekularbiologie   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; RIBONUCLEASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CISTRON; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME ISOLATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS;

EID: 0032763821     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.24.7621-7625.1999     Document Type: Article

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