Temperature-driven differential gene expression by RNA thermosensors

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Gene Regulatory Mechanisms

Volumn 1839, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 978-988

  Krajewski, Stefanie Sandra ^a   Narberhaus, Franz ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Heat shock; Operon; RNA structure; RNA thermometer; Translation; Virulence

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; MESSENGER RNA; SMALL HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN;

BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BASE PAIRING; BINDING SITE; CYANOBACTERIUM; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC REGULATION; HUMAN; LOW TEMPERATURE; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; REVIEW; RIBOSOME; RIBOSOME BINDING SITE; RNA THERMOMETER; SMALL HEAT SHOCK GENE; TEMPERATURE; THERMOMETER; THERMORECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION ELONGATION; TRANSLATION INITIATION;

EID: 84908067413     PISSN: 18749399     EISSN: 18764320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagrm.2014.03.006     Document Type: Review

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