Translation on demand by a simple RNA-based thermosensor

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 2855-2868

  Kortmann, Jens ^a   Sczodrok, Simon ^a   Rinnenthal, Jörg ^b   Schwalbe, Harald ^b   Narberhaus, Franz ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING) A; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 17; MESSENGER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BASE PAIRING; BINDING SITE; BIOSENSOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYSTEM I; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; RIBOSOME; RNA STRUCTURE; RNA TRANSLATION; STRESS; SYNECHOCYSTIS; THERMORECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSLATION INITIATION; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; POINT MUTATION; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RIBOSOMES; SYNECHOCYSTIS; TEMPERATURE;

CYANOBACTERIA; EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA; SYNECHOCYSTIS;

EID: 79954602251     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkq1252     Document Type: Article

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