A-box

The A-box is a riboswitch that mediates adenine-dependent induction of pbuE gene expression

References

Jean-François Lemay, Guillaume Desnoyers, Simon Blouin, Benoit Heppell, Laurène Bastet, Patrick St-Pierre, Eric Massé, Daniel A Lafontaine
Comparative study between transcriptionally- and translationally-acting adenine riboswitches reveals key differences in riboswitch regulatory mechanisms.
PLoS Genet: 2011, 7(1);e1001278
[PubMed:21283784] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I e)

Vanessa Delfosse, Patricia Bouchard, Eric Bonneau, Pierre Dagenais, Jean-François Lemay, Daniel A Lafontaine, Pascale Legault
Riboswitch structure: an internal residue mimicking the purine ligand.
Nucleic Acids Res: 2010, 38(6);2057-68
[PubMed:20022916] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Oksana Prychyna, Michael S Dahabieh, Jay Chao, Melanie A O'Neill
Sequence-dependent folding and unfolding of ligand-bound purine riboswitches.
Biopolymers: 2009, 91(11);953-65
[PubMed:19603494] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Jane N Kim, Ronald R Breaker
Purine sensing by riboswitches.
Biol Cell: 2008, 100(1);1-11
[PubMed:18072940] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Jean-François Lemay, J Carlos Penedo, Renaud Tremblay, David M J Lilley, Daniel A Lafontaine
Folding of the adenine riboswitch.
Chem Biol: 2006, 13(8);857-68
[PubMed:16931335] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

J Kenneth Wickiser, Ming T Cheah, Ronald R Breaker, Donald M Crothers
The kinetics of ligand binding by an adenine-sensing riboswitch.
Biochemistry: 2005, 44(40);13404-14
[PubMed:16201765] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Maumita Mandal, Ronald R Breaker
Adenine riboswitches and gene activation by disruption of a transcription terminator.
Nat Struct Mol Biol: 2004, 11(1);29-35
[PubMed:14718920] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Maumita Mandal, Benjamin Boese, Jeffrey E Barrick, Wade C Winkler, Ronald R Breaker
Riboswitches control fundamental biochemical pathways in Bacillus subtilis and other bacteria.
Cell: 2003, 113(5);577-86
[PubMed:12787499] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

See also:

• RNA switch