An archaeal sRNA targeting cis-and trans-encoded mRNAs via two distinct domains

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 40, Issue 21, 2012, Pages 10964-10979

  Jäger, Dominik ^a   Pernitzsch, Sandy R ^a,b   Richter, Andreas S ^c   Backofen, Rolf ^c   Sharma, Cynthia M ^b   Schmitz, Ruth A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; METHANOL; METHYLAMINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MM2440; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MM2441; TRANSFER RNA; TRANSFER RNA 162; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BASE PAIRING; BINDING SITE; CISTRON; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; IN VIVO STUDY; METHANOSARCINA MAZEI; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; RIBOSOME; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; TRANSLATION INITIATION;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ARCHAEAL; METHANOSARCINA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA, ARCHAEAL; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, SMALL UNTRANSLATED;

ARCHAEA; METHANOSARCINA MAZEI;

EID: 84870600743     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gks847     Document Type: Article

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