Dynamics of Salmonella small RNA expression in non-growing bacteria located inside eukaryotic cells

RNA Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 469-488

  Ortega, Álvaro D ^a   Gonzalo Asensio, Jesús ^a   García del Portillo, Francisco ^a  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fibroblast; Intracellular; Persistence; Regulation; RyhB 2; Salmonella; sRNA

Indexed keywords

SMALL UNTRANSLATED RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIBROBLAST; KINETICS; MACROPHAGE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; RAT; RNA SEQUENCE; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SALMONELLOSIS; UPREGULATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHIMURIUM; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 84860757645     PISSN: 15476286     EISSN: 15558584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/rna.19317     Document Type: Article

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