RNA-mediated reciprocal regulation between two bacterial operons is RNase III dependent

mBio

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Johnson, Christopher M ^a   Haemig, Heather H A ^a,d   Chatterjee, Anushree ^b   Wei Shou, Hu ^b   Weaver, Keith E ^c   Dunny, Gary M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b University of Minnesota   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^d GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN PCF10; RIBONUCLEASE III; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE FUNCTION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PRGQ GENE; PRGX GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY RNA SEQUENCE; RNA CLEAVAGE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS;

EID: 80455127309     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21507511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mBio.00189-11     Document Type: Article

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