Metabolic monitoring by bacterial mRNAs

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 183, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 151-159

  Winkler, Wade C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aptamer; Bacillus subtilis; Bacteria; Noncoding regulation; Riboswitch; RNA; Transcription attenuation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; MESSENGER RNA; RNA BINDING PROTEIN;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BINDING AFFINITY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; HEAT SENSITIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; RNA BINDING; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA STRUCTURE; SHORT SURVEY; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 17444403921     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-005-0758-9     Document Type: Short Survey

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