Small regulatory RNA and Legionella pneumophila

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 2, Issue MAY, 2011, Pages

  Faucher, Sébastien P ^a   Shuman, Howard A ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

6S RNA; CRISPR; CsrA; Cyclic di GMP; RsmY; RsmZ

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870798421     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2011.00098     Document Type: Article

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