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A model of RsfA action.
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posted on 2012-07-19, 02:07 authored by Roman Häuser, Markus Pech, Jaroslaw Kijek, Hiroshi Yamamoto, Björn Titz, Florian Naeve, Andrey Tovchigrechko, Kaori Yamamoto, Witold Szaflarski, Nono Takeuchi, Thorsten Stellberger, Markus E. Diefenbacher, Knud H. Nierhaus, Peter UetzIn rich medium and during exponential growth, RsfA is either not present or not active, so that protein synthesis is fully active. In starving cells, RsfA binds to ribosomal L14 and, as a consequence, blocks ribosomal subunit joining and thus protein synthesis.
