T box riboswitches in Actinobacteria: Translational regulation via novel tRNA interactions

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1113-1118

  Sherwood, Anna V ^a   Grundy, Frank J ^a   Henkin, Tina M ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gram positive; Regulation; Riboswitch; Translational control; tRNA

Indexed keywords

T BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSFER RNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL RNA; ISOLEUCINE TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; RIBOSWITCH;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ACTINOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INTERACTION; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NOCARDIA FARCINICA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; RIBOSOME; RIBOSOME SUBUNIT; RIBOSWITCH; RNA BINDING; TRANSLATION INITIATION; TRANSLATION REGULATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONFORMATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RNA STABILITY; RNA TRANSLATION;

ACTINOBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

ACTINOBACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ISOLEUCINE-TRNA LIGASE; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PEPTIDE CHAIN INITIATION, TRANSLATIONAL; RIBOSWITCH; RNA STABILITY; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, TRANSFER;

EID: 84921822113     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1424175112     Document Type: Article

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