mRNA degradation in bacteria

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 353-370

  Rauhut, Reinhard ^a   Klug, Gabriele ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Degradosome; mRNA degradation; PNPase; Ribonuclease; RNase E

Indexed keywords

HELICASE; MESSENGER RNA; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; RIBONUCLEASE;

BACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; REACTION ANALYSIS; REVIEW; RIBOSOME; RNA DEGRADATION;

BACTERIA; ENDORIBONUCLEASES; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES (PHOSPHATE GROUP ACCEPTOR); POLYRIBONUCLEOTIDE NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASE; RNA HELICASES; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0032939521     PISSN: 01686445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6445(99)00012-1     Document Type: Review

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