A novel antisense RNA regulates at transcriptional level the virulence gene icsA of Shigella flexneri

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 3362-3375

  Giangrossi, Mara ^a   Prosseda, Gianni ^b   Tran, Chi Nhan ^a   Brandi, Anna ^a   Colonna, Bianca ^b   Falconi, Maurizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL RNA; BACTERIAL RNAG; PROTEIN ICSA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; COMPLEMENTARY RNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VIRG PROTEIN, SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENE SILENCING; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; MICROBIAL ATTENUATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PATHOGENICITY;

NEGIBACTERIA; SHIGELLA; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; VIRUSES;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DOWN-REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RNA, ANTISENSE; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 77953697277     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkq025     Document Type: Article

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