Riboregulators and the role of Hfq in photosynthetic bacteria

RNA Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Hess, Wolfgang R ^a   Berghoff, Bork A ^b   Wilde, Annegret ^a   Steglich, Claudia ^a   Klug, Gabriele ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antisense transcription; Cyanobacteria; Differential RNA seq; Gene expression regulation; Photosynthesis; proteobacteria

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; CHAPERONE; COMPLEMENTARY RNA; MESSENGER RNA; OXYGEN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; RNA CHAPERONE HFQ; SMALL UNTRANSLATED RNA; TRANSCRIPTOME; TRANSFER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; HOST FACTOR 1;

ADAPTATION; ANABAENA; BACTERIAL GENE; CYANOBACTERIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; LIGHT; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; REVIEW; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; RNA DEGRADATION; RNA METABOLISM; RNA SEQUENCE; SYNECHOCYSTIS; BACTERIA; CLASSIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; BACTERIA; CYANOBACTERIA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HOST FACTOR 1 PROTEIN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RNA, ANTISENSE; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, SMALL UNTRANSLATED;

EID: 84904260973     PISSN: 15476286     EISSN: 15558584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/rna.28035     Document Type: Review

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