A processive riboantiterminator seeks a switch to make biofilms

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 535-539

  Artsimovitch, Irina ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL RNA; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MESSENGER RNA; RNA POLYMERASE; TRANSFER RNA;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; BIOFILM; BIOGENESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RIBOSWITCH; RNA CLEAVAGE; RNA STABILITY; RNA STRUCTURE; RNA SYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REGULATOR GENE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; POSIBACTERIA;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BIOFILMS; RNA, BACTERIAL; TERMINATOR REGIONS, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 77951538824     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2010.07133.x     Document Type: Note

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