Temperature-induced regulation of RpoS by a small RNA in Borrelia burgdorferi

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1075-1089

  Lybecker, Meghan C ^a   Samuels, D Scott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DSRA BB; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; OUTER SURFACE PROTEIN C; RNA; SIGMA FACTOR RPOS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BASE PAIRING; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CELL DENSITY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RNA TRANSLATION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; UPREGULATION;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE PAIRING; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, UNTRANSLATED; SEQUENCE DELETION; SIGMA FACTOR; TEMPERATURE;

BORRELIA BURGDORFERI;

EID: 34248398787     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2007.05716.x     Document Type: Article

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