C-Terminally Truncated Derivatives of Escherichia coli Hfq Are Proficient in Riboregulation

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 404, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 173-182

  Olsen, Anders Steno ^a   Møller Jensen, Jakob ^a   Brennan, Richard G ^b   Valentin Hansen, Poul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Hfq; Posttranscriptional control; Role of C terminus; RpoS expression; SRNA regulation

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN HFQ; TRANSFER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; NONHUMAN; NONSENSE MEDIATED MRNA DECAY; POSTTRANSCRIPTIONAL GENE SILENCING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RNA TRANSLATION;

ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 78349305147     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2010.09.038     Document Type: Article

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