Antisense RNA that affects Rhodopseudomonas palustris quorum-sensing signal receptor expression

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 30, 2012, Pages 12141-12146

  Hirakawa, Hidetada ^a,b   Harwood, Caroline S ^a   Pechter, Kieran B ^a   Schaefer, Amy L ^a   Greenberg, E Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacterial communication; Translational control

Indexed keywords

4 COUMAROYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE; COMPLEMENTARY RNA; LACTONE DERIVATIVE; POLYPEPTIDE; PROTEIN RPAI; PROTEIN RPAR; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; QUORUM SENSING; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS PALUSTRIS; RNA TRANSLATION;

ACYL-BUTYROLACTONES; BINDING SITES; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DNA PRIMERS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MUTAGENESIS; PLASMIDS; QUORUM SENSING; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS; RNA, ANTISENSE; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RHODOPSEUDOMONAS PALUSTRIS;

EID: 84864338586     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1200243109     Document Type: Article

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