Transcriptional and post-transcriptional control of polynucleotide phosphorylase during cold acclimation in Escherichia coli

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1470-1480

  Zangrossi, Sandro ^a   Briani, Federica ^a   Ghisotti, Daniela ^a   Regonesi, Maria Elena ^b   Tortora, Paolo ^b   Dehò, Gianni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; POLYRIBONUCLEOTIDE NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASE; RHO FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; COLD STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME REGULATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; COLD; ENZYME INDUCTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; POLYRIBONUCLEOTIDE NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; RNA STABILITY; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0033923957     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2000.01971.x     Document Type: Article

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