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| Plasmid RNAIII |
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| Type: |
Gene; |
| 2° structure: |
Predicted; ILM |
| Seed alignment: |
Pubmed:14583190 |
| Avg length: |
130.0 nucleotides |
| Avg identity: |
95% |
|
Plasmid RNAIII is a non-coding RNA found in bacterial plasmids including pIP501. RNAIII acts by transcriptional attenuation of the essential repR-mRNA. RNAIII is composed of four stem-loops with loops L3 and L4 that interact with the RNA target.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ Heidrich, N; Brantl S (2003). "Antisense-RNA mediated transcriptional attenuation: importance of a U-turn loop structure in the target RNA of plasmid pIP501 for efficient inhibition by the antisense RNA". J Mol Biol 333: 917–929. doi:10.1016/j.jmb.2003.09.020. PMID 14583190.
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