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Mycobacterial RNase E cleaves with a distinct sequence preference and controls the degradation rates of most Mycolicibacterium smegmatis mRNAs
Ying Zhou, Huaming Sun, Diego A. Vargas-Blanco…·Scarlet S. Shell
This study defines the role of RNase E in mRNA degradation in Mycolicibacterium smegmatis, showing it limits degradation of 89% of protein-coding genes and has distinct sequence preferences compared to gram-negative bacteria.