Comparative Study between Transcriptionally- and Translationally-Acting Adenine Riboswitches Reveals Key Differences in Riboswitch Regulatory Mechanisms

Jean-François Lemay; Guillaume Desnoyers; Simon Blouin; Benoit Heppell; Laurène Bastet; Patrick St-Pierre; Eric Massé; Daniel A. Lafontaine

doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1001278

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Comparative Study between Transcriptionally- and Translationally-Acting Adenine Riboswitches Reveals Key Differences in Riboswitch Regulatory Mechanisms

Jean-François Lemay ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Jean-François Lemay, Guillaume Desnoyers

Affiliation Groupe ARN/RNA Group, Département de Biologie, Faculté des Sciences, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada
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Guillaume Desnoyers ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Jean-François Lemay, Guillaume Desnoyers

Affiliation Groupe ARN/RNA Group, Département de Biochimie, Faculté de Médecine et Sciences de la Santé, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada
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Simon Blouin,

Affiliation Groupe ARN/RNA Group, Département de Biologie, Faculté des Sciences, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada
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Benoit Heppell,

Affiliation Groupe ARN/RNA Group, Département de Biologie, Faculté des Sciences, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada
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Laurène Bastet,

Affiliation Groupe ARN/RNA Group, Département de Biologie, Faculté des Sciences, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada
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Patrick St-Pierre,

Affiliation Groupe ARN/RNA Group, Département de Biologie, Faculté des Sciences, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada
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Eric Massé ,

* E-mail: Eric.Masse@USherbrooke.ca (EM); Daniel.Lafontaine@USherbrooke.ca (DL)

Affiliation Groupe ARN/RNA Group, Département de Biochimie, Faculté de Médecine et Sciences de la Santé, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada
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Daniel A. Lafontaine

* E-mail: Eric.Masse@USherbrooke.ca (EM); Daniel.Lafontaine@USherbrooke.ca (DL)

Affiliation Groupe ARN/RNA Group, Département de Biologie, Faculté des Sciences, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada
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Comparative Study between Transcriptionally- and Translationally-Acting Adenine Riboswitches Reveals Key Differences in Riboswitch Regulatory Mechanisms

Jean-François Lemay,
Guillaume Desnoyers,
Simon Blouin,
Benoit Heppell,
Laurène Bastet,
Patrick St-Pierre,
Eric Massé,
Daniel A. Lafontaine

Published: January 20, 2011
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1001278

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