L-box

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The L-box is a riboswitch that binds lysine and controls gene expression by a termination/ antitermination mechanism.

Gene controlled by a L-box mechanism

lysC

Frank J Grundy, Susan C Lehman, Tina M Henkin
The L box regulon: lysine sensing by leader RNAs of bacterial lysine biosynthesis genes.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A: 2003, 100(21);12057-62
[PubMed:14523230] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)