SsrA-mediated tagging and proteolysis of Lacl and its role in the regulation of lac operon

EMBO Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 14, 2000, Pages 3762-3769

  Tatsuhiko, Abo ^a   Inada, Toshifumi ^a   Ogawa, Kazuko ^a   Aiba, Hiroji ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

lac operon; Lac repressor; tmRNA; trans translation; Transcriptional roadblock

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; LACTOSE; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE INDUCTION; LACTOSE OPERON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; RNA TRANSLATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0343627965     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/19.14.3762     Document Type: Article

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