The adenine riboswitch: A new gene regulation mechanism;Le riborégulateur adénine: Un nouveau mode de régulation génétique

Medecine/Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1053-1059

  Lemay, Jean François ^a   Lafontaine, Daniel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RNA;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DOWN REGULATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LIGAND BINDING; PROTEIN NUCLEIC ACID INTERACTION; REVIEW; RIBOSWITCH;

PROKARYOTA;

EID: 33845942987     PISSN: 07670974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/medsci/200622121053     Document Type: Review

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