Oh B K, Apirion D
Department of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110.
Mol Gen Genet. 1991 Sep;229(1):52-6. doi: 10.1007/BF00264212.
The ssrA gene, coding for the metabolically stable 10Sa RNA, affects cell growth. A mutant in which the chromosomal 10Sa RNA gene is interrupted by a cat insert does not produce detectable levels of 10Sa RNA, and it grows more slowly than the parental strain.