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J. Bacteriol. doi:10.1128/JB.00604-08
Copyright (c) 2008, American Society for Microbiology and/or the Listed Authors/Institutions. All Rights Reserved.

The ribosome: a metabolite-responsive transcription regulator

Valley Stewart*

Department of Microbiology, University of California, Davis, California 95616-8665

* To whom correspondence should be addressed. Email: vjstewart{at}ucdavis.edu.


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Abstract

Cruz-Vera and Yanofsky {JB 290-08} present new information on the mechanism by which a nascent regulatory peptide controls tryptophan-responsive ribosome pausing, resulting in transcription antitermination control of downstream gene expression.