Riboswitches that Sense S-adenosylhomocysteine and Activate Genes Involved in Coenzyme Recycling

Molecular Cell

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 691-702

  Wang, Joy Xin ^a   Lee, Elaine R ^a   Morales, Dianali Rivera ^a   Lim, Jinsoo ^a   Breaker, Ronald R ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

MICROBIO; RNA

Indexed keywords

APTAMER; LIGAND; S ADENOSYLHOMOCYSTEINE;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; COENZYME; GENE ACTIVATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; IN VITRO STUDY; LIGAND BINDING; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; RIBOSWITCH;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; COENZYMES; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HOMOCYSTEINE; KINETICS; METHIONINE; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA; RNA, BACTERIAL; S-ADENOSYLHOMOCYSTEINE; S-ADENOSYLMETHIONINE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 40849147457     PISSN: 10972765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2008.01.012     Document Type: Article

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