Licensing and due process in the turnover of bacterial RNA

RNA Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 627-635

  Bandyra, Katarzyna J ^a   Luisi, Ben F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Messenger RNA; Post transcriptional network; Ribonuclease; Riboregulation; RNA turnover; Small regulatory RNA

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; BACTERIAL RNA; DEAD BOX PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; RIBONUCLEASE E; RNA HELICASE; SINGLE STRANDED RNA; TRANSFER RNA;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIOPHAGE; DECISION MAKING; ENERGY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; POLYADENYLATION; REVIEW; RNA DEGRADATION; RNA METABOLISM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANSLATION INITIATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84879027359     PISSN: 15476286     EISSN: 15558584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/rna.24393     Document Type: Review

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