Riboswitches control fundamental biochemical pathways in Bacillus subtilis and other bacteria

Cell

Volumn 113, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 577-586

  Mandal, Maumita ^a   Boese, Benjamin ^b   Barrick, Jeffrey E ^a   Winkler, Wade C ^a   Breaker, Ronald R ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Yale University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUANINE; MESSENGER RNA; PURINE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LIGAND BINDING; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE METABOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

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

EID: 0038210214     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(03)00391-X     Document Type: Article

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