A sequence-based approach for prediction of CsrA/RsmA targets in bacteria with experimental validation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 6811-6825

  Kulkarni, Prajna R ^a   Jia, Tao ^b   Kuehne, Sarah A ^c   Kerkering, Thomas M ^d   Morris, Elizabeth R ^c   Searle, Mark S ^c   Heeb, Stephan ^c   Rao, Jayasimha ^d   Kulkarni, Rahul V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^b Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d VIRGINIA TECH CARILION SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON STORAGE REGULATOR PROTEIN; REGULATOR OF SECONDARY METABOLISM PROTEIN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALGU GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; COMPUTER PREDICTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC REGULATION; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; NONHUMAN; PA 1300 GENE; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM; PQSR GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; PROTEIN TARGETING; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RAHU GENE; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ALGORITHMS; BINDING SITES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA;

EID: 84903140657     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gku309     Document Type: Article

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