Identification of a novel small RNA modulating francisella tularensis pathogenicity

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Postic, Guillaume ^a   Dubail, Iharilalao ^a   Frapy, Eric ^a   Dupuis, Marion ^a   Dieppedale, Jennifer ^a   Charbit, Alain ^a   Meibom, Karin L ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; CHAPERONE; MESSENGER RNA; SMALL RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIABILITY; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE TARGETING; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LIVER PARENCHYMA; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA BINDING; SPLEEN; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; FEMALE; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, UNTRANSLATED; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; MUS;

EID: 84864368869     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0041999     Document Type: Article

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