Emerging features of mRNA decay in bacteria

RNA

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1079-1090

  Steege, Deborah A ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Degradosome; Endoribonucleases; Exoribonucleases; Polyadenylation; RNA structural barriers

Indexed keywords

EXONUCLEASE; MESSENGER RNA; RIBONUCLEASE;

CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HALF LIFE TIME; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; POLYADENYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; MODELS, GENETIC; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0033866222     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355838200001023     Document Type: Review

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