CsfG, a sporulation-specific, small non-coding RNA highly conserved in endospore formers

RNA Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 358-364

  Marchais, Antonin ^a   Duperrier, Sandra ^b   Durand, Sylvain ^b   Gautheret, Daniel ^a   Stragier, Patrick ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Bacilli; Clostridia; Forespore; Germination; Small RNA; Sporulation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; UNTRANSLATED RNA;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL ENDOSPORE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL SPECIFICITY; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; ENDOSPORE-FORMING RODS AND COCCI; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPOROGENESIS;

BACILLI (CLASS); BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CLOSTRIDIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 79956068747     PISSN: 15476286     EISSN: 15558584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/rna.8.3.14998     Document Type: Article

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