Initiation of mRNA decay in bacteria

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 71, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1799-1828

  Laalami, Soumaya ^a   Zig, Léna ^a   Putzer, Harald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Gene expression; mRNA degradation; Prokaryote; RNase E; RNase J; RNase Y

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; BACTERIAL TOXIN; EXONUCLEASE; MESSENGER RNA; RIBONUCLEASE; RIBONUCLEASE E; RIBONUCLEASE J1; RIBONUCLEASE J2; RIBONUCLEASE Y; RIBOZYME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; ORTHOLOGY; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; REVIEW; RIBOSWITCH; RNA DEGRADATION; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; RNA TRANSLATION; TRANSLATION INITIATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA;

BACTERIA; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; ENDORIBONUCLEASES; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RIBONUCLEASES; RNA STABILITY; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 84900303293     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: 14209071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-013-1472-4     Document Type: Review

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