Sensing small molecules by nascent RNA: A mechanism to control transcription in bacteria

Cell

Volumn 111, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 747-756

  Mironov, Alexander S ^a   Gusarov, Ivan ^b   Rafikov, Ruslan ^b   Lopez, Lubov Errais ^a   Shatalin, Konstantin ^c   Kreneva, Rimma A ^d   Perumov, Daniel A ^d   Nudler, Evgeny ^b  

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

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Integrated Genomics Inc   (United States)

^d PETERSBURG NUCLEAR PHYSICS INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLAVINE MONONUCLEOTIDE; RNA; THIAMINE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION;

BACILLUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 18744396047     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(02)01134-0     Document Type: Article

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