The intricate world of riboswitches

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 176-181

  Coppins, Rebecca L ^a   Hall, Kathleen B ^a   Groisman, Eduardo A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNESIUM ION; MESSENGER RNA; RNA POLYMERASE;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; KINETICS; MOLECULAR SENSOR; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; RIBOSWITCH; RNA BINDING; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; THERMODYNAMICS;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; BACTERIA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; KINETICS; LIGANDS; MAGNESIUM; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, RIBONUCLEIC ACID; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER; THERMODYNAMICS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 34247111235     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2007.03.006     Document Type: Review

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