Small RNA regulators of translation: Mechanisms of action and approaches for identifying new small RNAs

Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology

Volumn 66, Issue , 2001, Pages 353-362

  Gottesman, S ^a   Storz, G ^a   Rosenow, C ^a   Majdalani, N ^a   Repoila, F ^a   Wassarman, K M ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA FLANKING REGION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INDUCTION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA STRUCTURE; RNA TRANSLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRUCTURAL GENE; TRANSLATION REGULATION; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENT; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE MOTIF; WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING;

PROTEIN; RNA;

EID: 0035787734     PISSN: 00917451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1101/sqb.2001.66.353     Document Type: Conference Paper

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