The Crc global regulator binds to an unpaired A-rich motif at the Pseudomonas putida alkS mRNA coding sequence and inhibits translation initiation

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 37, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 7678-7690

  Moreno, Renata ^a   Marzi, Stefano ^b   Romby, Pascale ^b   Rojo, Fernando ^a  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKANE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BENZOIC ACID; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN ALKS; PROTEIN BENR; PROTEIN CRC; REGULATOR PROTEIN; RIBONUCLEASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

A RICH SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOOTPRINTING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; RNA STRUCTURE; START CODON; TRANSLATION INHIBITION; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PEPTIDE CHAIN INITIATION, TRANSLATIONAL; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

EID: 75649099354     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkp825     Document Type: Article

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