Terminator still moving forward: Expanding roles for Rho factor

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 118-124

  Boudvillain, Marc ^a,b   Figueroa Bossi, Nara ^c,d   Bossi, Lionello ^c,d  

^a CENTRE DE BIOPHYSIQUE MOLÉCULAIRE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

^c CENTRE DE GÉNÉTIQUE MOLÉCULAIRE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RHO FACTOR; RIBONUCLEASE E;

BACTERIAL GENOME; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHROMOSOME; GENE CONTROL; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVIEW; RIBOSOME; RIBOSWITCH; RNA TRANSLATION;

BACTERIA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RHO FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84877054205     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: 18790364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2012.12.003     Document Type: Review

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