The role of mRNA degradation in the regulated expression of bacterial photosynthesis genes

Nucleotide and deduced polypeptide sequences of the photosynthetic reaction-center, B870 antenna, and flanking polypeptides from R. capsulata

1984 • 438 citations

Variations in autotrophic life

1991 • 395 citations

Nucleotide sequence, organization, and nature of the protein products of the carotenoid biosynthesis gene cluster of Rhodobacter capsulatus

1989 • 356 citations

A 5'-terminal stem-loop structure can stabilize mRNA in Escherichia coli.

1992 • 307 citations

Differential expression of photosynthesis genes in R. capsulata results from segmental differences in stability within the polycistronic rxcA transcript

1985 • 299 citations

Differential mRNA stability controls relative gene expression within a polycistronic operon

1987 • 246 citations

Structural analysis and in vitro processing to p5 rRNA of a 9S RNA molecule isolated from an rne mutant of E. coli

1978 • 246 citations

Mobilization of the genes for photosynthesis from Rhodopseudomonas capsulata by a promiscuous plasmid

1981 • 235 citations

The Ams (altered mRNA stability) protein and ribonuclease E are encoded by the same structural gene of Escherichia coli.

1991 • 219 citations

RNase E, an endoribonuclease, has a general role in the chemical decay of Escherichia coli mRNA: evidence that rne and ams are the same genetic locus

1990 • 209 citations

Regulatory factors controlling photosynthetic reaction center and light-harvesting gene expression in Rhodobacter capsulatus

1992 • 193 citations

Processed mRNA with differential stability in the regulation of E. coli pilin gene expression

1988 • 174 citations

An intercistronic stem-loop structure functions as an mRNA decay terminator necessary but insufficient for puf mRNA stability

1988 • 167 citations

Gentic evidence for superoperonal organization of genes for photosynthesis pigments and pigment-binding proteins in Rhodobacter capsulatus

1989 • 166 citations

Analysis of the Rhodobacter capsulatus puf operon. Location of the oxygen-regulated promoter region and the identification of an additional puf-encoded gene.

1988 • 143 citations

Effects of light, oxygen, and substrates on steady-state levels of mRNA coding for ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase and light-harvesting and reaction center polypeptides in Rhodopseudomonas sphaeroides

1985 • 129 citations

Structural and functional analysis of transcriptional control of the Rhodobacter capsulatus puf operon

1989 • 127 citations

Light-harvesting II (B800-B850 complex) structural genes from Rhodopseudomonas capsulata

1985 • 114 citations

Biological consequences of segmental alterations in mRNA stability: effects of deletion of the intercistronic hairpin loop region of the Rhodobacter capsulatus puf operon.

1987 • 105 citations

cis-acting regulatory elements involved in oxygen and light control of puc operon transcription in Rhodobacter sphaeroides

1992 • 105 citations

Posttranscriptional control of puc operon expression of B800-850 light-harvesting complex formation in Rhodobacter sphaeroides

1989 • 101 citations

Genetic studies of cleavage‐initiated mRNA decay and processing of ribosomal 9S RNA show that the Escherichia coli ams and rne loci are the same

1991 • 101 citations

Variation of levels of mRNA coding for antenna and reaction center polypeptides in Rhodopseudomonas capsulata in response to changes in oxygen concentration

1984 • 97 citations

Regulation of expression of genes for light-harvesting antenna proteins LH-I and LH-II; reaction center polypeptides RC-L, RC-M, and RC-H; and enzymes of bacteriochlorophyll and carotenoid biosynthesis in Rhodobacter capsulatus by light and oxygen.

1986 • 95 citations

Rhodobacter capsulatus puf operon encodes a regulatory protein (PufQ) for bacteriochlorophyll biosynthesis.

1988 • 90 citations

Studies on the expression of the pufX polypeptide and its requirement for photoheterotrophic growth in Rhodobacter sphaeroides.

1992 • 88 citations

Control of functional mRNA stability in bacteria: multiple mechanisms of nucleolytic and non‐nucleolytic inactivation

1992 • 86 citations

Genes downstream from pucB and pucA are essential for formation of the B800-850 complex of Rhodobacter capsulatus

1989 • 74 citations

The superoperonal organization of genes for pigment biosynthesis and reaction center proteins is a conserved feature in Rhodobacter capsulatus: analysis of overlapping bchB and puhA transcripts

1991 • 74 citations

Gene expression of pigment-binding proteins of the bacterial photosynthetic apparatus: Transcription and assembly in the membrane of Rhodopseudomonas capsulata

1985 • 73 citations

Posttranscriptional regulation by light of the steady-state levels of mature B800-850 light-harvesting complexes in Rhodobacter capsulatus

1988 • 62 citations

Analysis of the Rhodobacter capsulatus puc operon: the pucC gene plays a central role in the regulation of LHII (B800-850 complex) expression.

1991 • 60 citations

Control of photosystem genes in Rhodobacter capsulatus

1993 • 59 citations

Combined actions of multiple hairpin loop structures and sites of rate-limiting endonucleolytic cleavage determine differential degradation rates of individual segments within polycistronic puf operon mRNA

1990 • 57 citations

DNA sequencing and complementation/deletion analysis of the bchA‐puf operon region of Rhodobacter sphaeroides: in vivo mapping of the oxygen‐regulated puf promoter

1991 • 55 citations

Posttranscriptional control of Klebsiella pneumoniae nif mRNA stability by the nifL product

1986 • 55 citations

In vivo analysis of puf operon expression in Rhodobacter sphaeroides after deletion of a putative intercistronic transcription terminator

1988 • 52 citations

Endonucleolytic degradation of puf mRNA in Rhodobacter capsulatus is influenced by oxygen.

1991 • 51 citations

Photosynthesis gene superoperons in purple nonsulfur bacteria: the tip of the iceberg?

1992 • 50 citations

Structure and transcription of the genes encoding the B1015 light-harvesting complex beta and alpha subunits and the photosynthetic reaction center L, M, and cytochrome c subunits from Rhodopseudomonas viridis

1990 • 47 citations

Overlapping mRNA transcripts of photosynthesis gene operons in Rhodobacter capsulatus

1991 • 45 citations

Structure and expression of the puf operon messenger RNA in rhodospirillum rubrum.

1988 • 43 citations

The influence of bacteriochlorophyll biosynthesis on formation of pigment-binding proteins and assembly of pigment protein complexes in Rhodopseudomonas capsulata

1986 • 43 citations

Degradation of pufLMX mRNA in Rhodobacter capsulatus is initiated by nonrandom endonucleolytic cleavage

1990 • 38 citations

Functional significance of overlapping transcripts of crtEF, bchCA, and puf photosynthesis gene operons in Rhodobacter capsulatus

1991 • 37 citations

The importance of the 5′‐region in regulating the stability of sdh mRNA in Bacillus subtilis

1990 • 35 citations

Regulation of nitrogenase messenger RNA synthesis and stability in Klebsiella pneumoniae

1981 • 33 citations

Segmental message stabilization as a mechanism for differential expression from the Zymomonas mobilis gap operon

1991 • 32 citations

Regulation of expression of photosynthesis genes in anoxygenic photosynthetic bacteria

1993 • 32 citations

The rate of decay of Rhodobacter capsulatus-spzcific puf mRNA segments is differentially affected by RNase E activity in Escherichia coli

1992 • 31 citations

Effects of translation on degradation of mRNA segments transcribed from the polycistronic puf operon of Rhodobacter capsulatus

1991 • 25 citations

Processing of a polycistronic mRNA requires a 5′cis element and active translation

1992 • 25 citations

Differential stability of mRNA species of Alcaligenes eutrophus soluble and particulate hydrogenases

1990 • 23 citations

Regulation of Formation of Photosynthetic Light-Harvesting Complexes in Rhodobacter Capsulatus

1990 • 11 citations