T-box: Difference between revisions
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* Induction by tryptophan limitation | * Induction by tryptophan limitation | ||
Revision as of 20:14, 3 February 2010
The T-box element is an RNA switch that controls genes involved in amino acid metabolism.
In the absence of an amino acid, the uncharged tRNA binds the T-box region in the leader region of the mRNA of the controlled gene/ operon and thereby prevents the formation of a transcription terminator. The result is gene expression of the target gene in the absence of the specific amino acid.
Complete list of genes controlled by T-box elements
- Induction by alanine limitation
- Induction by serine limitation
Structure of a T-box ribowsitch
<pubmed> 12547201</pubmed>
Reviews on T-box regulation
<pubmed> 19258532,7527891, 11917026 ,8348614,17381302 10546897 </pubmed>