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Riboswitches

LC control no.sh2010013135
Topical headingRiboswitches
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See alsoMessenger RNA
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Found inWork cat.: Characterization of the SMK box: a riboswitch that binds S-adenosylmethionine, 2009
Wikipedia, Aug. 19, 2010 (In molecular biology, a riboswitch is a part of an mRNA molecule that can directly bind a small target molecule, and whose binding of the target affects the gene's activity. Thus, an mRNA that contains a riboswitch is directly involved in regulating its own activity, in response to the concentrations of its target molecule.)
Sloan-Kettering Institute, Research Programs: Structural Biology, web site, Aug. 19, 2010 (Riboswitches and ribozymes: Metabolite-sensing mRNAs, or riboswitches, specifically interact with small ligands and direct expression of the genes involved in their metabolism.)