Identification and characterization of small RNAs in Yersinia pestis

RNA Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 397-405

  Beauregard, Arthur ^a   Smith, Eric A ^a   Petrone, Brianna L ^a   Singh, Navjot ^a   Karch, Christopher ^b   McDonough, Kathleen A ^a,b   Wade, Joseph T ^a,b  

^a WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Deep RACE; Hfq; Plague; RNA seq; Small RNA; Y. pseudotuberculosis; Yersinia pestis

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; HFQ PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 3; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 5; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; SPACER DNA; TRANSFER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADAPTATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA LIBRARY; DNA SEQUENCE; FLEA; LIMIT OF DETECTION; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; YERSINIA PESTIS; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

DEEP-RACE; HFQ; PLAGUE; RNA-SEQ; SMALL RNA; Y. PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS; YERSINIA PESTIS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; HOST FACTOR 1 PROTEIN; HUMANS; PHENOTYPE; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, SMALL UNTRANSLATED; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIPHONAPTERA; TEMPERATURE; VIRULENCE FACTORS; YERSINIA PESTIS; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84874980389     PISSN: 15476286     EISSN: 15558584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/rna.23590     Document Type: Article

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