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ReviewAnnual review of biochemistry2009

The structural and functional diversity of metabolite-binding riboswitches.

Adam Roth, Ronald R Breaker

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Review in Annual review of biochemistry, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 303 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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303 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Adam RothHoward Hughes Medical Institute, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520-8103, USA. adam.roth@yale.edu
Ronald R Breaker

Funding

Natural mRNA Genetic Switches that Bind MetabolitesR01GM068819 · NIGMS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI BREAKER, RONALD R · 2003 to 2006
$1.3M
Howard Hughes Medical InstituteNIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM068819
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The cellular concentrations of certain metabolites are assiduously monitored to achieve appropriate levels of gene expression. Although proteins have long been known to act as sensors in this capacity, metabolite-binding RNAs, or riboswitches, also play an important role. More than 20 distinct classes of riboswitches have been identified to date, and insights to the molecular recognition strategies of a significant subset of these have been provided by detailed structural studies. This diverse set of metabolite-sensing RNAs is found to exploit a variety of distinct mechanisms to regulate genes that are fundamental to metabolism.

Indexed as

Aptamers, NucleotideBacteriaEukaryotic CellsEvolution, MolecularNucleic Acid ConformationRNA, UntranslatedAptamers, NucleotideRNA, Untranslated

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PMID19298181
PMCPMC5325118

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