Translation Inhibition of the Developmental Cycle Protein HctA by the Small RNA IhtA Is Conserved across Chlamydia

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Tattersall, Jeremiah ^a   Rao, Geeta Vittal ^a   Runac, Justin ^a   Hackstadt, Ted ^b   Grieshaber, Scott S ^a   Grieshaber, Nicole A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE; HISTONE LIKE PROTEIN HCTA; SMALL UNTRANSLATED RNA; SMALL UNTRANSLATED RNA IHTA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA CAVIAE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; INTERFEROMETRY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHLAMYDIA; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HISTONES; INTERFEROMETRY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RNA, SMALL UNTRANSLATED; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84867426227     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0047439     Document Type: Article

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