Structural analysis of the Anti-Q-Qs interaction: RNA-mediated regulation of E. faecalis plasmid pCF10 conjugation

Plasmid

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 26-35

  Shokeen, Sonia ^a   Johnson, Christopher M ^b   Greenfield, Tony J ^a   Manias, Dawn A ^b   Dunny, Gary M ^b   Weaver, Keith E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Antisense RNA; Conjugation; Plasmid; RNA structure; Transcription attenuation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PHEROMONE; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR Q; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL RNA; OLIGOPEPTIDE; PEPTIDE PHEROMONE CCF10; REGULATORY RNA SEQUENCE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MICROBIAL ATTENUATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REGULATORY RNA SEQUENCE;

BASE SEQUENCE; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PHEROMONES; PLASMIDS; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, RIBONUCLEIC ACID; RNA, BACTERIAL;

EID: 77953540052     PISSN: 0147619X     EISSN: 10959890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plasmid.2010.03.002     Document Type: Article

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