The role of RNases in the regulation of small RNAs

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 105-115

  Saramago, Margarida ^a   Bárria, Cátia ^a   dos Santos, Ricardo F ^a   Silva, Inês J ^a   Pobre, Vânia ^a   Domingues, Susana ^a   Andrade, José M ^a   Viegas, Sandra C ^a   Arraiano, Cecília M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; BACTERIAL SMALL RNA; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; MESSENGER RNA; POLYRIBONUCLEOTIDE NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASE; RIBONUCLEASE; RIBONUCLEASE E; RIBONUCLEASE III; TRANSFER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; SMALL UNTRANSLATED RNA;

ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; RNA DEGRADATION; RNA HYBRIDIZATION; RNA PROCESSING; RNA STRUCTURE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METABOLISM; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RIBONUCLEASES; RNA, SMALL UNTRANSLATED;

EID: 84897370826     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: 18790364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2014.02.009     Document Type: Review

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