A Conserved Small RNA Promotes Discoordinate Expression of the glmUS Operon mRNA to Activate GlmS Synthesis

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 373, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 521-528

  Urban, Johannes H ^a   Papenfort, Kai ^a   Thomsen, Jens ^b   Schmitz, Ruth A ^b   Vogel, Jörg ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INFECTION BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

discoordinate operon expression; glmS; Sigma 54; small non coding RNA

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; RNA; SIGMA FACTOR RPON;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CISTRON; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GLMS GENE; GLMUS GENE; GLMY GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID STRUCTURE; OPERON; POSTTRANSCRIPTIONAL GENE SILENCING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RIBOSWITCH;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 34748842534     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2007.07.035     Document Type: Article

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