The non-coding RNA world of the bacterial pathogen Listeria monocytogenes

RNA Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 372-378

  Mellin, Jeffrey R ^a,b,c   Cossart, Pascale ^a,b,c  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c USC 2020   (France)

Author keywords

asRNA; Hfq; Listeria; ncRNA; Non coding RNA; Riboswitch; RNA seq; sRNA; Transcriptomics

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY RNA; RNA;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; GENETIC CODE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NONHUMAN; REGULATORY RNA SEQUENCE; REVIEW; RIBOSWITCH; THERMORECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UPREGULATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LISTERIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 84860720471     PISSN: 15476286     EISSN: 15558584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/rna.19235     Document Type: Review

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