RNase P cleaves the adenine riboswitch and stabilizes pbuE mRNA in Bacillus subtilis

RNA

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1237-1243

  Seif, Elias ^a,b   Altman, Sidney ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Purines; RNA enzyme; RNA processing; Transient structures

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; HOLOENZYME; MESSENGER RNA; PURINE; RIBONUCLEASE P; RNA 5S;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; EFFUSION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC CODE; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURINE EFFLUX PUMP; RIBOSWITCH; RNA CLEAVAGE; RNA PROCESSING; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA TRANSCRIPTION;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ADENINE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RIBONUCLEASE P; RNA STABILITY; RNA, MESSENGER;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 44149107344     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: 14699001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1261/rna.833408     Document Type: Article

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