Coupled degradation of a small regulatory RNA and its mRNA targets in Escherichia coli

Genes and Development

Volumn 17, Issue 19, 2003, Pages 2374-2383

  Massé, Eric ^a   Escorcia, Freddy E ^a   Gottesman, Susan ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

DsrA; Fur; Hfq; RNase E; RNase III; RyhB

Indexed keywords

CHAPERONE; DSRA PROTEIN; HFQ PROTEIN; IRON BINDING PROTEIN; IRON STORAGE PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; OXYS PROTEIN; PROTEIN; RIBONUCLEASE; RIBONUCLEASE E; RIFAMPICIN; RNA; RYHB PROTEIN; SMALL REGULATORY RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; RNA BINDING; RNA DEGRADATION; RNA EXTRACTION; RNA METABOLISM; RNA STABILITY; RNA TRANSCRIPTION;

ARABINOSE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; ENDORIBONUCLEASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; HOST FACTOR 1 PROTEIN; IRON; MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REGULATORY SEQUENCES, RIBONUCLEIC ACID; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RNA STABILITY; RNA, ANTISENSE; RNA, MESSENGER; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0141860088     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.1127103     Document Type: Article

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