Coding sequence targeting by MicC RNA reveals bacterial mRNA silencing downstream of translational initiation

Nature Structural and Molecular Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 840-846

  Pfeiffer, Verena ^a   Papenfort, Kai ^a   Lucchini, Sacha ^b   Hinton, Jay C D ^b,c   Vogel, Jörg ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INFECTION BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; CHAPERONE; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN HFQ; PROTEIN MICC; REGULATOR PROTEIN; RIBONUCLEASE E; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNTRANSLATED RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SILENCING; NONHUMAN; OMPD GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOSOME SUBUNIT; RNA SEQUENCE; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TRANSLATION INITIATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENDORIBONUCLEASES; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; OPEN READING FRAMES; PEPTIDE CHAIN INITIATION, TRANSLATIONAL; PORINS; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIBOSOMES; RNA STABILITY; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, UNTRANSLATED; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 68249156618     PISSN: 15459993     EISSN: 15459985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.1631     Document Type: Article

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