Structural requirement in Clostridium perfringens collagenase mRNA 5' leader sequence for translational induction through small RNA-mRNA base pairing

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 195, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2937-2946

  Obana, Nozomu ^a   Nomura, Nobuhiko ^a   Nakamura, Kouji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGENASE; MESSENGER RNA;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INDUCTION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA PROCESSING; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA STRUCTURE; RNA TRANSLATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; BASE PAIRING; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; COLLAGENASES; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RNA, ANTISENSE; RNA, MESSENGER; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 84879997886     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00148-13     Document Type: Article

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