Characterizing riboswitch function: Identification of Mg2+ binding site in T box antiterminator RNA

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 370, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 306-310

  Jack, K D ^a   Means, J A ^a   Hines, J V ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Binding; Divalent metal ion; Riboswitch; RNA; T box; Transcription

Indexed keywords

MAGNESIUM ION; TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BINDING SITE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NUCLEAR OVERHAUSER EFFECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOSWITCH; RNA BINDING; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATIONS, DIVALENT; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; COBALT; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA, TRANSFER; TERMINATOR REGIONS (GENETICS);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 42249114171     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2008.03.079     Document Type: Article

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