6S RNA is a widespread regulator of eubacterial RNA polymerase that resembles an open promoter

RNA

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 774-784

  Barrick, Jeffrey E ^a   Sudarsan, Narasimhan ^a   Weinberg, Zasha ^b   Ruzzo, Walter L ^b,c   Breaker, Ronald R ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Washington   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Covariance model; Methenyltetrahydrofolate synthetase; Natural aptamer; Noncoding RNA; Stationary phase

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; BACTERIAL RNA; METHYNYLTETRAHYDROFOLATE SYNTHETASE; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 6S; RNA POLYMERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CYANOBACTERIUM; DNA STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEOBACTERIA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA; BASE SEQUENCE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; OPERON; PHYLOGENY; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RNA, BACTERIAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TERMINOLOGY;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 17844379221     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1261/rna.7286705     Document Type: Article

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