▪ Abstract Great advances have been made in the past three decades in understanding the
molecular mechanics underlying protein synthesis in bacteria, but our understanding of the …

Micro-organisms react to a rapid temperature downshift by triggering a physiological
response to ensure survival in unfavourable conditions. Adaptation includes changes in …

RNA-seq technologies have provided significant insight into the transcription networks of
mycobacteria. However, such studies provide no definitive information on the translational …

Escherichia coli (E. coli) mazEF is a stress-induced toxin-antitoxin (TA) module. The toxin
MazF is an endoribonuclease that cleaves single-stranded mRNAs at ACA sequences …

A mesophile like Escherichia coli responds to abrupt temperature downshifts (eg from 37° C
to 10° C) with an adaptive response that allows cell survival and eventually resumption of …

CsdA, a DEAD‐box protein from Escherichia coli, has been proposed to participate in a
variety of processes, such as translation initiation, gene regulation after cold‐shock, mRNA …

Ribosome assembly in Escherichia coli involves 54 ribosomal proteins and three RNAs.
Whereas functional subunits can be reconstituted in vitro from the isolated components, this …

As a measure for molecular motion, temperature is one of the most important environmental
factors for life as it directly influences structural and hence functional properties of cellular …

One of the many important consequences that temperature down-shift has on cells is
stabilization of secondary structures of RNAs. This stabilization has wide-spread effects …

Escherichia coli contains at least five ATP‐dependent DEAD‐box RNA helicases which may
play important roles in macromolecular metabolism, especially in translation and mRNA …