Small regulatory RNAs from low-GC Gram-positive bacteria

RNA Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 443-456

  Brantl, Sabine ^a   Brückner, Reinhold ^b  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; Base pairing sRNA; Low GC Gram positive bacteria; Small regulatory RNA; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

FERRIC UPTAKE REGULATOR; GLUTAMATE SYNTHASE; RNA; SMALL REGULATORY RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL RNA; COMPLEMENTARY RNA; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; SMALL UNTRANSLATED RNA;

BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM LJUNGDAHLII; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FIRMICUTES; IRON METABOLISM; LISTERIA INNOCUA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; RNA BINDING; RNA DEGRADATION; RNA PROCESSING; RNA STABILITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; BASE PAIRING; CHEMISTRY; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; METABOLISM;

BASE COMPOSITION; BASE PAIRING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; RNA, ANTISENSE; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, SMALL UNTRANSLATED; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS;

EID: 84906355091     PISSN: 15476286     EISSN: 15558584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/rna.28036     Document Type: Review

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