Initial events in the degradation of the polycistronic puf mRNA in Rhodobacter capsulatus and consequences for further processing steps

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 90-100

  Heck, Claudia ^a   Balzer, Angelika ^a   Fuhrmann, Oliver ^a   Klug, Gabriele ^a  

^a Institut fur Mikrobiologie und Molekularbiologie   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; RIBONUCLEASE;

ARTICLE; CISTRON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS; RNA CLEAVAGE; RNA DEGRADATION; RNA PROCESSING; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; STOICHIOMETRY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; ENDORIBONUCLEASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROLYSIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0033960154     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2000.01679.x     Document Type: Article

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