Chapter 2 Analyzing the Decay of Stable RNAs in E. coli

Methods in Enzymology

Volumn 447, Issue , 2008, Pages 31-45

  Li, Zhongwei ^a   Deutscher, Murray P ^b  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYADENYLIC ACID; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA; TRANSFER RNA;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA DEGRADATION; RNA PROCESSING; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA STABILITY; ARTICLE; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; RNA; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL;

EID: 58249088740     PISSN: 00766879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0076-6879(08)02202-7     Document Type: Review

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