ArtR, a novel sRNA of Staphylococcus aureus, regulates α-toxin expression by targeting the 5′ UTR of sarT mRNA

Medical Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 203, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-12

  Xue, Ting ^a   Zhang, Xu ^a   Sun, Haipeng ^a   Sun, Baolin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Toxin; AgrA; SarT; sRNA; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BASE PAIRING; BASE SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE ORDER; GENETIC LOCI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN BINDING; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RIBONUCLEASE III; RNA STABILITY; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, SMALL UNTRANSLATED; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84894252717     PISSN: 03008584     EISSN: 14321831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00430-013-0307-0     Document Type: Article

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