Complex riboswitches

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作者
Breaker, Ronald R. [1 ]
机构
[1] Yale Univ, Dept Mol Cellular & Dev Biol, New Haven, CT 06520 USA
[2] Yale Univ, Dept Mol Biophys & Biochem, New Haven, CT 06520 USA
[3] Yale Univ, Howard Hughes Med Inst, New Haven, CT 06520 USA
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10.1126/science.1152621
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Using simple biochemical tricks, metabolite-binding riboswitches take on gene control functions that have long been thought to be the work of protein factors. Although modern riboswitches might be the last holdouts of primitive genetic elements, some are capable of sensory and regulatory feats that are competitive with their protein counterparts.
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页码:1795 / 1797
页数:3
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