Post-transcriptional regulation on a global scale: Form and function of Csr/Rsm systems

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 313-324

  Romeo, Tony ^a   Vakulskas, Christopher A ^a   Babitzke, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

BACTERIUM; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PROTEIN BINDING; QUORUM SENSING; SHORT SURVEY;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; PROTEIN BINDING; QUORUM SENSING; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 84873165273     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2012.02794.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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