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Elongation Factor P: a Role in Posttranscriptional Control of Gene Expression
In a typical Escherichia coli cell, approximately 4,600 genes are tightly regulated by modulating messenger RNA (mRNA) transcription as well as at several points after mRNA molecules are transcribed. For instance, small RNAs and riboswitches play key roles by controlling mRNA stability or by prev...
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Whooping Cough Is Resurgent
More than 60 years after the pertussis vaccine came into wide use, the United States (US) and other developed countries are again reporting epidemics of whooping cough. In the US, public health officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Ga., expect cases of pert...
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Integrating Synthetic Biology into the Microbiology Curriculum
College educators face the ongoing challenge of determining what and how much content to cover, knowing that it is impossible to keep up with all the new research findings and trends. And we cannot continue adding new content unless we throw out an equal amount of the old. With genome sequencing,...
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