The AGUAAA motif in cspA1/A2 mRNA is important for adaptation of Yersinia enterocolitica to grow at low temperature

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1629-1645

  Neuhaus, Klaus ^a,b   Anastasov, Natasa ^b,c   Kaberdin, Vladimir ^d   Francis, Kevin P ^e   Miller, Virginia L ^a   Scherer, Siegfried ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^e Xenogen Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; COLD SHOCK PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; COLD SHOCK; COLD SHOCK CUT BOX; CSPA1 A2 GENE; CSPB GENE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; LOW TEMPERATURE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MOTIF; RIBONUCLEASE PROTECTION ASSAY; RNA CLEAVAGE; RNA HYBRIDIZATION; SHOCK; TEMPERATURE ACCLIMATIZATION; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AMINO ACID MOTIFS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; COLD; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DOWN-REGULATION; HEAT-SHOCK RESPONSE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA, MESSENGER; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; INSERTION SEQUENCES; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; YERSINIA; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

EID: 0348147591     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03795.x     Document Type: Article

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