Roles of rpoS-activating small RNAs in pathways leading to acid resistance of Escherichia coli

MicrobiologyOpen

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 15-28

  Bak, Geunu ^a   Han, Kook ^a   Kim, Daun ^a   Lee, Younghoon ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Acid resistance; Escherichia coli; RpoS; Small noncoding RNA.

Indexed keywords

ACID RESISTANCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; RPOS; SMALL NONCODING RNA.;

ACIDS; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ARAC TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; RNA STABILITY; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, SMALL UNTRANSLATED; SIGMA FACTOR;

EID: 84893753011     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20458827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mbo3.143     Document Type: Article

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