trp RNA-binding attenuation protein-5' stem-loop RNA interaction is required for proper transcription attenuation control of the Bacillus subtilis trpEDCFBA operon

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1819-1827

  Du, Hansen ^a,b   Yakhnin, Alexander V ^a   Dharmaraj, Subramanian ^a,c   Babitzke, Paul ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c APPLIED BIOSYSTEMS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; TRYPTOPHAN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; RNA STRUCTURE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; OPERON; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; TERMINATOR REGIONS (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRYPTOPHAN;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0034022875     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.7.1819-1827.2000     Document Type: Article

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