RNA remodeling by bacterial global regulator CsrA promotes Rho-dependent transcription termination

Genes and Development

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1239-1251

  Figueroa Bossi, Nara ^a,c   Schwartz, Annie ^b,d   Guillemardet, Benoit ^a,c   D'Heygère, Francxois ^b,d   Bossi, Lionello ^a,c   Boudvillain, Marc ^b,d  

^a CENTRE DE GÉNÉTIQUE MOLÉCULAIRE   (France)

^b CENTRE DE BIOPHYSIQUE MOLÉCULAIRE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

Author keywords

Bacterial gene regulation; CsrA; Rho factor; Transcription attenuation

Indexed keywords

BICOZAMYCIN; MESSENGER RNA; REGULATOR PROTEIN; RHO FACTOR; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION FACTOR RHO;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC PROCEDURES; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN UNFOLDING; QUORUM SENSING; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA SEQUENCE; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION; TRANSLATION INITIATION; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIAL GENE REGULATION; CSRA; RHO FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION ATTENUATION;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RHO FACTOR; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SALMONELLA ENTERICA;

EID: 84901779420     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: 15495477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.240192.114     Document Type: Article

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