Description and detection of excludons as transcriptional regulators in gram-positive, gram-negative and archaeal strains of prokaryotes

• Main Authors: Chia, Jing Yi, Khoo, Kuan Shiong, Ling, Tau Chuan, Croft, Larry, Manickam, Sivakumar, Yap, Yee Jiun, Show, Pau Loke
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier 2021
• Subjects: Q Science (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/34954/
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

Recent major studies have highlighted a newly discovered paradigm termed the ?excludon?, which are overlapping transcripts that produce anticorrelated protein expression. These antisense overlapping transcripts are believed to act as common regulatory mechanisms in prokaryotes. Current research prev...