Riboswitches: The oldest mechanism for the regulation of gene expression?

Trends in Genetics

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 44-50

  Vitreschak, Alexey G ^a   Rodionov, Dimitry A ^b   Mironov, Andrey A ^b   Gelfand, Mikhail S ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR INFORMATION TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS   (Russian Federation)

^b STATE RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND SELECTION OF INDUSTRIAL MICROORGANISMS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COBALAMIN DERIVATIVE; LYSINE; METHIONINE; PURINE DERIVATIVE; RIBOFLAVIN; THIAMINE;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; BACTERIUM; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONFORMATION; EUKARYOTE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA STRUCTURE; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; TAXONOMY; TRANSLATION INITIATION;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0347418195     PISSN: 01689525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tig.2003.11.008     Document Type: Review

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