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2 Bacterial Gene Expression: Transcription, Translation, Protein Folding, and Localization
1 Overview
2 The Structure and Function of RNA Types of RNA RNA Precursors RNA Structure RNA Processing and Modification
3 Transcription Structure of Bacterial RNA Polymerase Overview of Transcription Details of Transcription rRNAs and tRNAs
5 The Structure and Function of Proteins Protein Structure
6 Translation Structure of the Bacterial Ribosome Overview of Translation Details of Protein Synthesis The Genetic Code Polycistronic mRNA
7 Protein Folding and Degradation Protein Chaperones Protein Degradation