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The power of riboswitches

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SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN
Volume 296, Issue 1, Pages 36-43

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SCI AMERICAN INC
DOI: 10.1038/scientificamerican0107-50

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Researchers have discovered RNA segments that act like on-off switches for genes. In bacteria these riboswitches, which are located within the leading end of a messenger RNA transcript, control cellular processes and may be targets for new classes of antimicrobial drugs.

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