Expanding control in bacteria: Interplay between small RNAs and transcriptional regulators to control gene expression

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 125-132

  Mandin, Pierre ^a   Guillier, Maude ^b  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HF1 PROTEIN; SIGMA FACTOR; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIAL GENETICS; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84877061795     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: 18790364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2012.12.005     Document Type: Review

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