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Site rnr

• Name: rnr
• Type: Gene
  Synonyms

  b4179	MG1655 locus tag
  vacB	homology in Shigella

  
  
• Mnemonic: RNase R
• Left End Point: 94.93
• Right End Point: 94.99
  Products:

  RNase R

  ribonuclease R

  
  
• Direction: >
• Priority: 0
  2 Alleles of This Gene

  rnr-729(del)::kan

  rnr-791-YFP(::cat)

  
  
• External Database Links:

  Host Site	Page Links
  EcoGene.org	EG11259
  EcoliWiki	rnr

  
  
• Comment:
  • clockwise. homologous to vacB of Shigella flexneri and enteroinvasive coli strain EIEC. In coli. exoribonuclease RNase R
• References:
  • Tobe, T., C. Sasakawa, N. Okada, Y. Honma, M. Yoshikawa 1992. vacB, a novel chromosomal gene required for expression of virulence genes on the large plasmid of Shigella flexneri. J.Bacteriol. 174:6359-6367
  
  
  • Burland, V.D., G. Plunkett, H.J. Sofia, D.L. Daniels, F.R. Blattner 1995. Analysis of the Escherichia coli genome VI: DNA sequence of the region from 92.8 through 100 minutes. Nucleic Acids Res. 23:2105-2119
  
  
  • Cheng, Z.F., Y. Yuo, Z. Li, K.E. Rudd, M.P. Deutscher 1998. The vacB gene required for virulence in Shigella flexneri and Escherichia coli encodes the exoribonuclease RNase R. J.Biol.Chem. 273:14077-14080