Small RNAs and virulence in bacterial pathogens

RNA Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 361-363

  Sharma, Cynthia M ^a   Heidrich, Nadja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antisense RNA; CRISPR; Hfq; Pathogenesis; Post transcriptional regulation; sRNA; Virulence

Indexed keywords

RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; SMALL UNTRANSLATED RNA; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ADAPTATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BIOFILM; CHLAMYDIA; EDITORIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; GENETIC SCREENING; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LIFESTYLE; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; RNA BINDING; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA STABILITY; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SAPROTROPH; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; STRESS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; YERSINIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNE EVASION; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, SMALL UNTRANSLATED; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84860760144     PISSN: 15476286     EISSN: 15558584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/rna.20517     Document Type: Editorial

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