Hfq-dependent regulation of OmpA synthesis is mediated by an antisense RNA

Genes and Development

Volumn 19, Issue 19, 2005, Pages 2355-2366

  Udekwu, Klas I ^a   Darfeuille, Fabien ^a   Vogel, Jörg ^b   Reimegård, Johan ^a   Holmqvist, Erik ^a   Wagner, E Gerhart H ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INFECTION BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antisense RNA; Hfq; OmpA; Regulatory RNA; Translational control

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY RNA; MESSENGER RNA; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; RIBONUCLEASE;

ARTICLE; BASE MISPAIRING; BIOINFORMATICS; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; IN VITRO STUDY; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; CODON, INITIATOR; ENDORIBONUCLEASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HOST FACTOR 1 PROTEIN; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, RIBONUCLEIC ACID; RIBOSOMES; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA STABILITY; RNA, ANTISENSE; RNA, BACTERIAL;

ENTEROBACTERIA; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 25844458478     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.354405     Document Type: Article

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