Degradation of mRNA in Escherichia coli

IUBMB Life

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 315-321

  Jain, Chaitanya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; Messenger RNA; mRNA degradation; Ribonucleases

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; NUCLEOTIDE; RIBONUCLEASE;

CATALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE METABOLISM; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; REACTION ANALYSIS; RESEARCH; REVIEW; RNA DEGRADATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RIBONUCLEASES; RNA; RNA, MESSENGER; TIME FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0036921485     PISSN: 15216543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15216540216036     Document Type: Review

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