Challenges of ligand identification for riboswitch candidates

RNA Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 5-10

  Meyer, Michelle M ^a   Hammond, Ming C ^a   Salinas, Yasmmyn ^a   Roth, Adam ^a   Sudarsan, Narasimhan ^a   Breaker, Ronald R ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alkaline response; Formyl tetrahydrofolate biosynthesis; Purine biosynthesis; Riboswitch

Indexed keywords

APTAMER; UNTRANSLATED RNA; BACTERIAL RNA; LIGAND; PURINE; PURINE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE CONTROL; PHYLOGENY; RIBOSOME; RIBOSWITCH; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA STRUCTURE; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BINDING SITE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; REGULATOR GENE; REPORTER GENE;

APTAMERS, NUCLEOTIDE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BINDING SITES; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, REPORTER; LIGANDS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PHYLOGENY; PURINES; RIBOSWITCH; RNA, BACTERIAL; TERMINATOR REGIONS, GENETIC;

EID: 85011936067     PISSN: 15476286     EISSN: 15558584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/rna.8.1.13865     Document Type: Article

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