Massive presence of the Escherichia coli 'major cold-shock protein' CspA under non-stress conditions

EMBO Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1653-1659

  Brandi, Anna ^a   Spurio, Roberto ^a   Gualerzi, Claudio O ^a   Pon, Cynthia L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dead box RNA helicase; Fis; Growth cycle; H NS antagonism; mRNA degradation; RNA chaperone

Indexed keywords

COLD SHOCK PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; RNA HELICASE;

ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; CELL CULTURE; CELL DENSITY; CELL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NOMENCLATURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0033559269     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/18.6.1653     Document Type: Article

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