Exploring the modular nature of riboswitches and RNA thermometers

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 5410-5423

  Roßmanith, Johanna ^a   Narberhaus, Franz ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APTAMER; RNA; BACTERIAL RNA; MESSENGER RNA; RIBOSWITCH;

ARTICLE; BIOSENSOR; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; IN VIVO STUDY; LIGAND BINDING; LOW TEMPERATURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOSWITCH; RNA STRUCTURE; RNA THERMOMETER; RNA TRANSLATION; TEMPERATURE SENSE; THERMOMETER; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; TEMPERATURE;

BASE SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RIBOSWITCH; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER; TEMPERATURE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84976344650     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkw232     Document Type: Article

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