Article
Gateway role for rRNA precursors in ribosome assembly.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Dec 2012
Gutgsell Nancy S, Jain Chaitanya
Abstract excerpt
In Escherichia coli, rRNAs are initially transcribed with precursor sequences, which are subsequently removed through processing reactions. To investigate the role of precursor sequences, we analyzed ribosome assembly in strains containing mutations in the processing RNases. We observed that defects in 23S rRNA processing resulted in an accumulation of ribosomal subunits and caused a significant delay in ribosome...
Topics
- Escherichia coli
- Escherichia coli Proteins
- Mutation
- RNA Precursors
- RNA Processing, Post-Transcriptional
- RNA, Bacterial
- RNA, Ribosomal, 23S
- Ribonucleases
- Ribosomal Proteins
- Ribosome Subunits
- Ribosomes
