RNase E: At the interface of bacterial RNA processing and decay

Nature Reviews Microbiology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 45-57

  Mackie, George A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; MESSENGER RNA; REGULATOR PROTEIN; RIBONUCLEASE E; RIBOSOME RNA; TRANSFER RNA;

BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CATALYSIS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME REGULATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MESSENGER RIBONUCLEIC ACID DECAY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA CLEAVAGE; RNA DEGRADATION; RNA METABOLISM; RNA PROCESSING;

BACTERIA; ENDORIBONUCLEASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; RNA STABILITY; RNA, BACTERIAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84871321022     PISSN: 17401526     EISSN: 17401534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrmicro2930     Document Type: Review

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