Efficient translation of the RpoS sigma factor in Salmonella typhimurium requires host factor I, an RNA-binding protein encoded by the hfq gene

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 13, 1996, Pages 3763-3770

  Brown, Larissa ^a   Elliott, Thomas ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; DNA FRAGMENT; GENE PRODUCT; HYBRID PROTEIN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ASSAY; GENE FUSION; GENOTYPE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RNA TRANSLATION; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTERIOPHAGE QBETA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 0029889596     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.13.3763-3770.1996     Document Type: Article

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