RNA processing and degradation in Bacillus subtilis

Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 157-174

  Condon, Ciarán ^a  

^a INST DE BIOLOGIE PHYSICO CHIMIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXORIBONUCLEASE; RIBONUCLEASE; RNA;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CELL VIABILITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; RNA DEGRADATION; RNA PROCESSING; RNA STABILITY; RNA STRUCTURE; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; RNA TRANSLATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BASE SEQUENCE; ENDORIBONUCLEASES; EXORIBONUCLEASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; RNA, BACTERIAL;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0037977118     PISSN: 10922172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MMBR.67.2.157-174.2003     Document Type: Review

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