RNase e autoregulates its synthesis in Escherichia coli by binding directly to a stem-loop in the rne 5′ untranslated region

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 470-478

  Schuck, Alyssa ^a   Diwa, Alexis ^a   Belasco, Joel G ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; RIBONUCLEASE E;

ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; CATALYSIS; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNTRANSLATED REGION;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; ENDORIBONUCLEASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROTEIN BINDING; RNA, BACTERIAL; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 64149115902     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2009.06662.x     Document Type: Article

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