Riboswitches that sense S-adenosylmethionine and S-adenosylhomocysteine

Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 157-168

  Wang, Joy Xin ^a   Breaker, Ronald R ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aptamer; Gene regulation; Riboswitch; RNA; Sulfur metabolism

Indexed keywords

BINDING SITES; GENE EXPRESSION; METHYLATION; RNA;

ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; GENE REGULATION;

METABOLITES;

S ADENOSYLHOMOCYSTEINE; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE;

CONFERENCE PAPER; GENE CONTROL; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE SWITCHING; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY; RIBOSWITCH; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; BASE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER; S-ADENOSYLHOMOCYSTEINE; S-ADENOSYLMETHIONINE;

HARNESS;

EID: 42149091618     PISSN: 08298211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/O08-008     Document Type: Conference Paper

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