Intragenic suppressors of temperature-sensitive rne mutations lead to the dissociation of RNase E activity on mRNA and tRNA substrates in Escherichia coli

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 36, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 5306-5318

  Perwez, Tariq ^a   Hami, Danyal ^a,b   Maples, Valerie F ^a   Min, Zhao ^a,c   Wang, Bi Cheng ^a   Kushner, Sidney R ^a  

^a University of Georgia ^*  (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Scripps Florida ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ARGININE; CYSTINE; GLYCINE; LEUCINE; MESSENGER RNA; PHENYLALANINE; RIBONUCLEASE E; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 9S; TRANSFER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ALLELE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE ISOLATION; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENE REPRESSION; IN VIVO STUDY; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA PROCESSING; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; WILD TYPE;

ALLELES; ENDORIBONUCLEASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, LETHAL; HOMEOSTASIS; MUTATION; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; RNA STABILITY; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 5S; RNA, TRANSFER; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; SUPPRESSION, GENETIC; TEMPERATURE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 52649171479     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkn476     Document Type: Article

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