RNase Y of Staphylococcus aureus and its role in the activation of virulence genes

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 817-832

  Marincola, Gabriella ^a   Schäfer, Tina ^b   Behler, Juliane ^a   Bernhardt, Jörg ^c   Ohlsen, Knut ^b   Goerke, Christiane ^a,d   Wolz, Christiane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^d HAIN LIFESCIENCE GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL RNA; MESSENGER RNA; RIBONUCLEASE; RIBONUCLEASE Y; SAEPQRS PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGR GENE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; HALF LIFE TIME; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; RNA DEGRADATION; RNY GENE; SAEPQRS OPERON; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; RIBONUCLEASES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VIRULENCE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; MURINAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84865555082     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2012.08144.x     Document Type: Article

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