Functional characterization of the RNA Chaperone Hfq in the opportunistic human pathogen Stenotrophomonas maltophilia

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 194, Issue 21, 2012, Pages 5864-5874

  Roscetto, Emanuela ^a   Angrisano, Tiziana ^a   Costa, Valerio ^b   Casalino, Mariassunta ^c   Förstner, Konrad U ^d   Sharma, Cynthia M ^d   Di Nocera, Pier Paolo ^a   De Gregorio, Eliana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND BIOPHYSICS ADRIANO BUZZATI TRAVERSO   (Italy)

^c ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL RNA; CHAPERONE; HFQ PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSFER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BIOFILM; CELL GROWTH; CELL MOTILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIMBRIA; GENE DELETION; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RNA ISOLATION; RNA SEQUENCE; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA; WILD TYPE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BIOFILMS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HOST FACTOR 1 PROTEIN; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA, BACTERIAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA;

PROKARYOTA; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA;

EID: 84868622935     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00746-12     Document Type: Article

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