Bacterial small RNA regulators

Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 93-113

  Majdalani, Nadim ^a   Vanderpool, Carin K ^a   Gottesman, Susan ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

CsrA; CsrB; DsrA; Hfq; RpoS

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; CHAPERONE; DSRA RNA; HFQ PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; SIGMA FACTOR RPOS; SMALL REGULATORY RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BASE PAIRING; BIOFILM; CSRA RNA; CSRB RNA; CSRC RNA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GLUCONEOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; REVIEW; RNA STABILITY; RNA TRANSLATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; START CODON;

BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN BINDING; RNA, BACTERIAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 18044384417     PISSN: 10409238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10409230590918702     Document Type: Review

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