Control of virulence by small RNAs in Streptococcus pneumoniae

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 34-

  Mann, Beth ^a   van Opijnen, Tim ^b   Wang, Jianmin ^a   Obert, Caroline ^a   Wang, Yong Dong ^a   Carter, Robert ^a   McGoldrick, Daniel J ^a   Ridout, Granger ^a   Camilli, Andrew ^b   Tuomanen, Elaine I ^a   Rosch, Jason W ^a  

^a ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SMALL UNTRANSLATED RNA; BACTERIAL RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TRANSPOSON; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MICE; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, SMALL UNTRANSLATED; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 84864590175     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1002788     Document Type: Article

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