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A previously uncharacterized role for small protein B (SmpB) in transfer messenger RNA-mediated trans-translation.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 15 Feb 2005
Sundermeier Thomas R, Dulebohn Daniel P, Cho Hye Jin, Karzai A Wali
Abstract excerpt
SsrA is a versatile RNA molecule found in all bacteria that functions as both a tRNA and an mRNA. SsrA rescues ribosomes stalled on damaged mRNAs and directs the tagging and degradation of their aberrant protein products. Small protein B (SmpB) is required for all known activities of SsrA. The tw...
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