A search for small noncoding RNAs in Staphylococcus aureus reveals a conserved sequence motif for regulation

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 37, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 7239-7257

  Geissmann, Thomas ^a,c   Chevalier, Clément ^a   Cros, Marie Josée ^b   Boisset, Sandrine ^c   Fechter, Pierre ^a   Noirot, Céline ^b   Schrenzel, Jacques ^d   François, Patrice ^d   Vandenesch, François ^c   Gaspin, Christine ^b   Romby, Pascale ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^d GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; HOST FACTOR 1; MESSENGER RNA; RSAA RNA; RSAB RNA; RSAC RNA; RSAD RNA; RSAE RNA; RSAF RNA; RSAG RNA; RSAH RNA; RSAI RNA; RSAJ RNA; RSAK RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNTRANSLATED RNA;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BASE PAIRING; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC REGULATION; METABOLIC REGULATION; MOLECULAR SIZE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; PROTEOMICS; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA PROBE; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA TRANSLATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; RNA STABILITY;

BACILLACEAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BASE SEQUENCE; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEOMICS; RNA STABILITY; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, UNTRANSLATED; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 73849116916     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkp668     Document Type: Article

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