Current knowledge on regulatory RNAs and their machineries in Staphylococcus aureus

RNA Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 402-413

  Romilly, Cédric ^a   Caldelari, Isabelle ^a   Parmentier, Delphine ^a   Lioliou, Efthimia ^a   Romby, Pascale ^a   Fechter, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Gene regulation; Peptides; Regulatory RNAs; RNA binding proteins; Staphylococcus aureus; Virulence

Indexed keywords

CHAPERONE; CIS ACTING ELEMENT; COMPLEMENTARY RNA; FLAVINE MONONUCLEOTIDE; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN HFQ; REGULATOR PROTEIN; RIBONUCLEASE III; SMALL UNTRANSLATED RNA; TRANSFER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; QUORUM SENSING; REGULATORY RNA SEQUENCE; REVIEW; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84860769484     PISSN: 15476286     EISSN: 15558584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/rna.20103     Document Type: Review

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