Hfq is a regulator of F-plasmid TraJ and TraM synthesis in Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 188, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 124-131

  Will, William R ^a   Frost, Laura S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY RNA; PROTEIN FINOP; PROTEIN FINP; PROTEIN HFQ; PROTEIN TRAJ; PROTEIN TRAM; PROTEIN TRAY; REGULATOR PROTEIN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; F FACTOR; HFQ PROTEIN, E COLI; HOST FACTOR 1; MESSENGER RNA; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; TRAJ PROTEIN, E COLI; TRAM PROTEIN, BACTERIAL;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REPRESSION; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RNA SYNTHESIS; UNTRANSLATED REGION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; CHEMISTRY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; F FACTOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HOST FACTOR 1 PROTEIN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 33644909105     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.188.1.124-131.2006     Document Type: Article

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