CrfA, a small noncoding RNA regulator of adaptation to carbon starvation in Caulobacter crescentus

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 192, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 4763-4775

  Landt, Stephen G ^a   Lesley, Joseph A ^a   Britos, Leticia ^a   Shapiro, Lucy ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYL COENZYME A; ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; CARBON; CYTOCHROME P450; GLYCOSIDASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PROTEIN TONB; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL RNA; UNTRANSLATED RNA;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE DELETION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY RNA SEQUENCE; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAULOBACTER; CAULOBACTER VIBRIOIDES;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CARBON; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, UNTRANSLATED; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 77956542074     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00343-10     Document Type: Article

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