A (ribo) switch in the paradigms of genetic regulation

被引：4

作者：

Hesselberth, JR ^{[1
]}

Ellington, AD ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Texas, Dept Chem & Biochem, Inst Mol & Cellular Biol, Austin, TX 78712 USA

来源：

NATURE STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY | 2002年 / 9卷 / 12期

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D O I：

10.1038/nsb1202-891

中图分类号：

Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];

学科分类号：

071010 ; 081704 ;

摘要：

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.

引用

页码：891 / 893

页数：4