Novel iron-regulated and Fur-regulated small regulatory RNAs in Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans

Molecular Oral Microbiology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 327-349

  Amarasinghe, J J ^b   Connell, T D ^b   Scannapieco, F A ^a   Haase, E M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Ferric uptake regulator; Iron; Regulation; Small RNA

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL RNA; FERRIC UPTAKE REGULATOR; IRON;

AGGREGATIBACTER ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOFILM; BIOINFORMATICS; CELL LYSATE; CULTURE MEDIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; IRON CHELATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; RNA ISOLATION;

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, REPORTER; HUMANS; IRON; METALLOPROTEINS; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PLASMIDS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, SMALL UNTRANSLATED; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84866147799     PISSN: 20411006     EISSN: 20411014     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2041-1014.2012.00645.x     Document Type: Article

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