Lysine Riboswitch on the Cover of September 2009 Issue of RNA

Cover Illustration from the September 2009 issue of RNA: Crystal structure of the lysine riboswitch bound to lysine (Protein Data Bank code: 3d0u) Image details show RNA: ribbon; lysine: space-filling representation, red; iridium hexamine ions: space-filling representation, blue. Abstract: Riboswitches are metabolite-sensitive elements found in mRNAs that control gene expression through a regulatory secondary structural…
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