cis-Antisense RNA, another level of gene regulation in bacteria

Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 286-300

  Georg, Jens ^a   Hess, Wolfgang R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTISENSE OLIGODEOXYNUCLEOTIDE; BACTERIAL RNA; COMPLEMENTARY RNA; RIBONUCLEASE;

BACTERIUM; BINDING SITE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CONTROL; HOMEOSTASIS; IRON TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; RIBOSOME; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SYNECHOCYSTIS; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION;

BACTERIA; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; RNA, ANTISENSE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; GEOBACTER SULFURREDUCENS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP.; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 79958047291     PISSN: 10922172     EISSN: 10985557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MMBR.00032-10     Document Type: Review

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