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A competition mechanism regulates the translation of the Escherichia coli operon encoding ribosomal proteins L35 and L20.
Journal of molecular biology - 18 Jan 2008
Haentjens-Sitri Julie, Allemand Frédéric, Springer Mathias, Chiaruttini Claude
Abstract excerpt
Escherichia coli ribosomal protein (r-protein) L20 is essential for the assembly of the 50S ribosomal subunit and is also a translational regulator of its own rpmI-rplT operon, encoding r-proteins L35 and L20 in that order. L20 directly represses the translation of the first cistron and, through translational coupling, that of its own gene. The translational operator of the operon is 450 nt in length and includes...
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