The power of riboswitches

被引：11

作者：

Barrick, Jeffrey E. ^{[1
]}

Breaker, Ronald R. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Yale Univ, Breakers Lab, New Haven, CT 06520 USA

来源：

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN | 2007年 / 296卷 / 01期

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D O I：

10.1038/scientificamerican0107-50

中图分类号：

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];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;

摘要：

Researchers have discovered RNA segments that act like on-off switches for genes. In bacteria these riboswitches, which are located within the leading end of a messenger RNA transcript, control cellular processes and may be targets for new classes of antimicrobial drugs.

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页码：36 / 43

页数：8