Structure-guided mutational analysis of gene regulation by the Bacillus subtilis pbuE adenine-responsive riboswitch in a cellular context

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 290, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 4464-4475

  Marcano Velázquez, Joan G ^a   Batey, Robert T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY;

ADENINE BINDING; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CELLULAR CONTEXTS; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; RIBOSWITCHES; STEM-LOOP; TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATION;

BACTERIOLOGY;

ADENINE; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; APTAMER; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; RIBOSWITCH;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CONTROL; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; IN VITRO STUDY; LIGAND BINDING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PBUE GENE; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; REPORTER GENE; RIBOSWITCH; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TREND STUDY; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; DRUG EFFECTS; FLUORESCENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; KINETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; THERMODYNAMICS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ADENINE; APTAMERS, NUCLEOTIDE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; FLUORESCENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; KINETICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RIBOSWITCH; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84922797318     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M114.613497     Document Type: Article

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