Transcripts of the genes sacB, amyE, sacC and csn expressed in Bacillus subtilis under the control of the 5′ untranslated sacR region display different stabilities that can be modulated

Microbiology

Volumn 147, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1331-1341

  Pereira, Yannick ^b   Chambert, Régis ^b   Leloup, Laurence ^a,b   Daguer, Jean Pierre ^b   Petit Glatron, Marie Françoise ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUT JACQUES MONOD   (France)

Author keywords

5 mRNA stabilizer; Exocellular proteins; MRNA decay; SacR

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHITOSANASE; DEGU32 PROTEIN; ENDONUCLEASE; GENE PRODUCT; LEVANASE; LEVANSUCRASE; MESSENGER RNA; RNA POLYMERASE; SACR PROTEIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DEGRADATION; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC STABILITY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HALF LIFE TIME; HYPOTHESIS; MODULATION; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOSOME; RNA STABILITY; RNA STRUCTURE; RNA TRANSLATION; STEADY STATE; STRUCTURAL GENE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0034998376     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-147-5-1331     Document Type: Article

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