Vibrio cholerae utilizes direct sRNA regulation in expression of a biofilm matrix protein

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Song, Tianyan ^a   Sabharwal, Dharmesh ^a   Gurung, Jyoti Mohan ^a   Cheng, Andrew T ^b   Sjöström, Annika E ^a   Yildiz, Fitnat H ^b   Uhlin, Bernt Eric ^a   Wai, Sun Nyunt ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHAPERONE; MATRIX PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN HFQ; RBMC PROTEIN; TRANSFER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL RNA; HOST FACTOR 1; SCLEROPROTEIN; SIGMA FACTOR; SMALL UNTRANSLATED RNA;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULON; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; RNA TRANSLATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOFILMS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HOST FACTOR 1 PROTEIN; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, SMALL UNTRANSLATED; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SIGMA FACTOR; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 84904620960     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0101280     Document Type: Article

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