RNA switches out in the cold.
In this issue of Molecular Cell, Giuliodori et al. (2010) describe a cold-induced genetic switch made of RNA. Could thermo-sensing RNAs be among the most common types of RNA genetic switches?
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Ronald R
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Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520-8103, USA. ronald.breaker@yale.edu
D003080:Cold Temperature; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics*; D015964:Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial; D008957:Models, Genetic; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000502:physiology*
D012333:RNA, Messenger