Phylogenetic conservation of RNA secondary and tertiary structure in the trpEDCFBA operon leader transcript in Bacillus

RNA

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1502-1515

  Schaak, Janell E ^a,b,c   Babitzke, Paul ^a,b   Bevilacqua, Philip C ^a,b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Phylogenetic conservation; RNA folding; RNA secondary structure; RNA tertiary structure; Translation control

Indexed keywords

DNA; MAGNESIUM ION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; PROTEIN; PYRIMIDINE; RNA; TRYPTOPHAN; TRYPTOPHAN RNA BINDING ATTENUATION PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACILLUS CALDOTENAX; BACILLUS PUMILUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BASE PAIRING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENATURATION; GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PH; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA STRUCTURE; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; RNA TRANSLATION;

BACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; BASE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; NUCLEIC ACID DENATURATION; OPERON; PHYLOGENY; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER;

BACILLUS CALDOTENAX; BACILLUS PUMILUS; BACILLUS SP.; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0344874264     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1261/rna.5149603     Document Type: Article

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