A cis-antisense RNA acts in trans in Staphylococcus aureus to control translation of a human cytolytic peptide

Nature Structural and Molecular Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 105-113

  Sayed, Nour ^a   Jousselin, Ambre ^a   Felden, Brice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY RNA; SPRA1 AS PROTEIN; SPRA1 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; EUKARYOTE; GENE CONTROL; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RNA TRANSLATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; ERYTHROCYTES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RNA, ANTISENSE; RNA, BACTERIAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84855464046     PISSN: 15459993     EISSN: 15459985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.2193     Document Type: Article

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