Dual function of the McaS small RNA in controlling biofilm formation

Genes and Development

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1132-1145

  Jørgensen, Mikkel Girke ^a   Thomason, Maureen K ^b,c   Havelund, Johannes ^a   Valentin Hansen, Poul ^a   Storz, Gisela ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

c di GMP; CsrA; CsrB; Hfq; PGA

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; GLUCOSAMINE; RNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; DOWN REGULATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; UPREGULATION;

C-DI-GMP; CSRA; CSRB; HFQ; PGA;

ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BASE PAIRING; BIOFILMS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HOST FACTOR 1 PROTEIN; PHOSPHORUS-OXYGEN LYASES; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; REGULON; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, UNTRANSLATED; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS;

EID: 84877995974     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: 15495477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.214734.113     Document Type: Article

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