Tiny abortive initiation transcripts exert antitermination activity on an RNA hairpin-dependent intrinsic terminator

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 38, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 6045-6053

  Lee, Sooncheol ^a   Nguyen, Huong Minh ^a   Kang, Changwon ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; GUANINE; RIBONUCLEASE; RNA POLYMERASE; URACIL; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIOPHAGE T7; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RNA HYBRIDIZATION; RNA SEQUENCE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; HYBRIDIZATION; REGULATOR GENE; REGULATORY RNA SEQUENCE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BACTERIOPHAGE T7; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, VIRAL; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, RIBONUCLEIC ACID; RNA, VIRAL; TERMINATOR REGIONS, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 78049415499     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkq450     Document Type: Article

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