A (ribo) switch in the paradigms of genetic regulation

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Hesselberth, JR [1 ]
Ellington, AD [1 ]
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[1] Univ Texas, Dept Chem & Biochem, Inst Mol & Cellular Biol, Austin, TX 78712 USA
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10.1038/nsb1202-891
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Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
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071010 ; 081704 ;
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Proteins are the dogmatic workhorses of genetic regulation, able to both sense the presence of small molecules and control gene expression levels. Two recent studies have now shown that RNA molecules can also serve as the 'sensor' components of genetic regulatory circuits.
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