Lies and deception in bacterial gene regulation: The roles of nucleic acid decoys

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 641-647

  Göpel, Yvonne ^a   Görke, Boris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHITOBIOSE; MESSENGER RNA; NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSFER RNA; CHITIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BASE PAIRING; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CHBC GENE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CONTROL; GENE REPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SALMONELLA; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; SALMONELLA;

CHITIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; SALMONELLA;

EID: 84899983834     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12604     Document Type: Article

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