TRAP-5′ stem-loop interaction increases the efficiency of transcription termination in the Bacillus subtilis trpEDCFBA operon leader region

RNA

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2020-2033

  Mcgraw, Adam P ^a   Bevilacqua, Philip C ^a   Babitzke, Paul ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attenuation; Gene regulation; RNA structure; RNA binding protein; TRAP

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOTIDE; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; TRYPTOPHAN; TRYPTOPHAN RNA BINDING ATTENUATION PROTEIN 5'; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MTRB PROTEIN, BACTERIA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FOOTPRINTING; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENE STRUCTURE; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; THERMODYNAMICS; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POINT MUTATION; REGULATOR GENE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; OPERON; PHYLOGENY; POINT MUTATION; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; TERMINATOR REGIONS (GENETICS); THERMODYNAMICS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 35548992782     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: 14699001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1261/rna.719507     Document Type: Article

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