Recognition of S-adenosylmethionine by riboswitches

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: RNA

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 299-311

  Batey, Robert T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL RNA; NUCLEIC ACID BASE; NUCLEOSIDE; S ADENOSYLHOMOCYSTEINE; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE;

BINDING AFFINITY; ENTEROCOCCUS; LACTOCOCCUS; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; REVIEW; RIBOSWITCH; RNA BINDING; RNA STRUCTURE; SECOND MESSENGER; STREPTOCOCCUS; VALIDATION PROCESS; ANIMAL; BINDING SITE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN BINDING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROTEIN BINDING; RIBOSWITCH; S-ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84855724406     PISSN: 17577004     EISSN: 17577012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wrna.63     Document Type: Review

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