The exoribonuclease polynucleotide phosphorylase influences the virulence and stress responses of yersiniae and many other pathogens

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

Volumn 4, Issue NOV, 2013, Pages

  Rosenzweig, Jason A ^a,b   Chopra, Ashok K ^c,d  

^a Center for Bionanotechnology and Environmental Research (CBER)   (United States)

^b TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cold stress response; Degradosome; Host cell induced stress response; Oxidative stress response; RNA decay; Type three secretion system; Yersiniae

Indexed keywords

POLYRIBONUCLEOTIDE NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASE; DEGRADOSOME; MULTIENZYME COMPLEX; RIBONUCLEASE; RNA HELICASE;

BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL PROLIFERATION; COLD SHOCK RESPONSE; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; RNA BINDING; STRESS; UPREGULATION; YERSINIA; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METABOLISM; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; VIRULENCE; COLD STRESS RESPONSE; HOST-CELL INDUCED STRESS RESPONSE; OXIDATIVE STRESS RESPONSE; RNA DECAY; TYPE III SECRETION SYSTEM; YERSINIAE;

ENDORIBONUCLEASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; POLYRIBONUCLEOTIDE NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASE; RNA HELICASES; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; VIRULENCE; YERSINIA;

COLD STRESS RESPONSE; DEGRADOSOME; HOST-CELL INDUCED STRESS RESPONSE; OXIDATIVE STRESS RESPONSE; RNA DECAY; TYPE THREE SECRETION SYSTEM; YERSINIAE;

EID: 84897924310     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22352988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2013.00081     Document Type: Review

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