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... > Information Science > Information Sources > Information Services > Documentation > Molecular Sequence Data > Base Sequence > Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid > Regulatory Sequences, Ribonucleic Acid > Riboswitch
... > Genetic Phenomena > Genetic Structures > Base Sequence > Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid > Regulatory Sequences, Ribonucleic Acid > Riboswitch
... > Chemical Phenomena > Biochemical Phenomena > Molecular Structure > Base Sequence > Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid > Regulatory Sequences, Ribonucleic Acid > Riboswitch
... > Nucleic Acids, Nucleotides, and Nucleosides > Nucleic Acids > RNA > RNA, Untranslated > Untranslated Regions > Regulatory Sequences, Ribonucleic Acid > Riboswitch
... > Nucleic Acids, Nucleotides, and Nucleosides > Nucleic Acids > RNA > RNA, Messenger > Untranslated Regions > Regulatory Sequences, Ribonucleic Acid > Riboswitch
... > Nucleic Acids, Nucleotides, and Nucleosides > Nucleic Acids > DNA > DNA, Intergenic > Untranslated Regions > Regulatory Sequences, Ribonucleic Acid > Riboswitch
... > Genetic Phenomena > Genetic Structures > Genome > Genome Components > DNA, Intergenic > Untranslated Regions > Regulatory Sequences, Ribonucleic Acid > Riboswitch
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Preferred term

Riboswitch  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Riboswitches

Scope note

  • Part of a MESSENGER RNA molecule that undergoes a conformation change upon binding a specific metabolite or other small molecule thereby regulating the messenger RNA's transcription, post-transcriptional processing, transport, translation, or stability in response to varying levels of the metabolite or other small molecule.

History note

  • 2011

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D058928

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