A novel small regulatory RNA enhances cell motility in enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli

Journal of General and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 44-50

  Sudo, Naoki ^a   Soma, Akiko ^b   Muto, Akira ^c   Iyoda, Sunao ^d   Suh, Mayumi ^a   Kurihara, Nanako ^a   Abe, Hiroyuki ^e,h   Tobe, Toru ^e   Ogura, Yoshitoshi ^f   Hayashi, Tetsuya ^f   Kurokawa, Ken ^g   Ohnishi, Makoto ^d   Sekine, Yasuhiko ^a  

^a RIKKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^e OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

^g TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^h OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cell motility; EHEC O157: H7 Sakai; Flagella; Small regulatory RNA

Indexed keywords

RNA; SMALL REGULATORY RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL RNA; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; FLIC PROTEIN, E COLI; REGULATORY RNA SEQUENCE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; CELL MOTILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROHEMORRHAGIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLIC GENE; GC RICH SEQUENCE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; RNA ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; UPREGULATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI K 12; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; REGULATORY RNA SEQUENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BASE SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOVEMENT; PLASMIDS; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, RIBONUCLEIC ACID; RNA, BACTERIAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84896480985     PISSN: 00221260     EISSN: 13498037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2323/jgam.60.44     Document Type: Article

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