An mRNA structure in bacteria that controls gene expression by binding lysine

Genes and Development

Volumn 17, Issue 21, 2003, Pages 2688-2697

  Sudarsan, Narasimhan ^a   Wickiser, J Kenneth ^a   Nakamura, Shingo ^a   Ebert, Margaret S ^a   Breaker, Ronald R ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allosteric RNA; Molecular recognition; Riboswitch; RNA aptamer; Transcription termination

Indexed keywords

ANTIMETABOLITE; APTAMER; CYSTEINE DERIVATIVE; LYSINE; MESSENGER RNA; ORNITHINE; S (2 AMINOETHYL)CYSTEINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; DRUG TARGETING; GENETIC REGULATION; LIGAND BINDING; LYSC GENE; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA STRUCTURE; RNA TRANSCRIPTION;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ASPARTATE KINASE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BINDING SITES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; LYSINE; RNA, MESSENGER;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0242298623     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.1140003     Document Type: Article

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