Divergently overlapping cis-encoded antisense RNA regulating toxin-antitoxin systems from E. coli: Hok/sok, ldr/rdl, symE/symR

RNA Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1520-1527

  Kawano, Mitsuoki ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY AND APPLIED LIFE SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Noncoding RNA; Post transcriptional regulation; Repetitive sequence; Small protein; Small RNA; SOS response

Indexed keywords

ANTITOXIN; BACTERIAL RNA; BACTERIAL TOXIN; COMPLEMENTARY RNA; ENDOPEPTIDASE LA; MESSENGER RNA;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; BASE PAIRING; CARBON SOURCE; CELL SURVIVAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; HOST CELL; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASMID; POINT MUTATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; REVIEW; RNA BINDING; RNA TRANSLATION;

EID: 84875157201     PISSN: 15476286     EISSN: 15558584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/rna.22757     Document Type: Review

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