Translational regulation by an intramolecular stem-loop is required for intermolecular RNA regulation of the par addiction module

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 190, Issue 18, 2008, Pages 6076-6083

  Shokeen, Sonia ^a   Patel, Smita ^a,b   Greenfield, Tony J ^a,c   Brinkman, Cassandra ^a   Weaver, Keith E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; BACTERIAL TOXIN; FST TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE MUTATION; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOSOME; RNA STABILITY; RNA TRANSLATION; TRANSLATION REGULATION; WILD TYPE;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BASE PAIRING; DOWN-REGULATION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RNA, BACTERIAL;

ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 51549084003     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00660-08     Document Type: Article

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