The bacterial protein Hfq: Much more than a mere RNA-binding factor

Critical Reviews in Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 276-299

  Sobrero, Patricio ^a   Valverde, Claudio ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE QUILMES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Global regulator; Hfq; Nucleic acid binding protein; Sm protein; SRNAmRNA interactions

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN HFQ; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRUCTURE; GENE EXPRESSION; MACROMOLECULE; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; RNA BINDING; RNA METABOLISM; TAXON;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; HOST FACTOR 1 PROTEIN; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 84866307118     PISSN: 1040841X     EISSN: 15497828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/1040841X.2012.664540     Document Type: Review

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