Current perspectives of the Escherichia coli RNA degradosome

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2337-2350

  Burger, Adélle ^a   Whiteley, Chris ^a   Boshoff, Aileen ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cytoskeleton; DnaK; GroEL; RNA degradosome; RNA metabolism; RNase E

Indexed keywords

CYTOSKELETONS; DNAK; GROEL; RNA METABOLISM; RNASE E;

BACTERIA; DEGRADATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

RNA;

BACTERIAL RNA; DEGRADOSOME; MULTIENZYME COMPLEX; POLYRIBONUCLEOTIDE NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASE; RIBONUCLEASE; RNA HELICASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ENDORIBONUCLEASES; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; POLYRIBONUCLEOTIDE NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASE; RNA HELICASES; RNA, BACTERIAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 81155133973     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: 15736776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10529-011-0713-6     Document Type: Review

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