Different processing of an mRNA species in Bacillus subtilis and Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 689-695

  Persson, Martin ^a   Glatz, Elisabeth ^a   Rutberg, Blanka ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MESSENGER RNA SYNTHESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STABILITY; RNA DEGRADATION; RNA PROCESSING; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE MUTANT; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GLYCEROLPHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0033978481     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.3.689-695.2000     Document Type: Article

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