R1162-like plasmid antisense RNA is a 75-
base RNA
Ribonucleic acid (RNA) is a polymeric molecule essential in various biological roles in coding, decoding, regulation and expression of genes. RNA and deoxyribonucleic acid ( DNA) are nucleic acids. Along with lipids, proteins, and carbohydra ...
molecule which negatively regulates the ''RepI'' region of the plasmid.
The
protein product of this gene region, along with another protein, controls the
copy number of the 8.75kB
R1162 plasmid.
Experimental evidence has shown that in ''
Escherichia coli'', when levels of this RNA are decreased, the plasmid copy number of R1162 is increased.
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Antisense RNA
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