The unmasking of 'junk' RNA reveals novel sRNAs: From processed RNA fragments to marooned riboswitches

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 30, Issue , 2016, Pages 16-21

  De Lay, Nicholas R ^a,b   Garsin, Danielle A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIS ACTING ELEMENT; MESSENGER RNA; RNA; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTOME; TRANSFER RNA; UNTRANSLATED RNA; BACTERIAL RNA; RIBOSWITCH; SMALL UNTRANSLATED RNA;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; RIBOSOME; RIBOSWITCH; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

BACTERIA; RIBOSWITCH; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, SMALL UNTRANSLATED;

EID: 84952908343     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: 18790364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2015.12.006     Document Type: Review

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