Amino acid recognition and gene regulation by riboswitches

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Gene Regulatory Mechanisms

Volumn 1789, Issue 9-10, 2009, Pages 592-611

  Serganov, Alexander ^a   Patel, Dinshaw J ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Glycine riboswitch; Lysine riboswitch; RNA structure; X ray crystallography

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; GLYCINE; LYSINE;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE STRUCTURE; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RIBOSWITCH;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; AMINO ACIDS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; BIOCHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GLYCINE; HYDROGEN BONDING; LIGANDS; LYSINE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PHYLOGENY; RIBOSOMES; RNA; RNA, BACTERIAL;

EID: 71849091911     PISSN: 18749399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagrm.2009.07.002     Document Type: Review

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