Bacterial sRNAs: Regulation in stress

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 303, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 217-229

  Hoe, Chee Hock ^a   Raabe, Carsten A ^b   Rozhdestvensky, Timofey S ^b   Tang, Thean Hock ^a  

^a ADVANCED MEDICAL AND DENTAL INSTITUTE   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

cis Encoded; CRISPR; Riboswitch; RNA thermometer; sRNA; Stress; trans Encoded

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; TRANSFER RNA;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CLUSTERED REGULARLY INTERSPACED SHORT PALINDROMIC REPEAT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IRON DEFICIENCY; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; METABOLITE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE; SHORT SURVEY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STRESS; TEMPERATURE STRESS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 84891371120     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: 16180607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2013.04.002     Document Type: Short Survey

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