RNA-mediated regulation in Gram-positive pathogens: An overview punctuated with examples from the group A Streptococcus

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 9-20

  Miller, Eric W ^a   Cao, Tram N ^b   Pflughoeft, Kathryn J ^a   Sumby, Paul ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HOUSTON METHODIST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; C5A PEPTIDASE; CIS ACTING RNA; MESSENGER RNA; SMALL REGULATORY RNA; TRANS ACTING RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR; SMALL UNTRANSLATED RNA;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; COVR GENE; CRISPR CAS SYSTEM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RIBOSOME; RIBOSWITCH; RNA STABILITY; RNA TRANSLATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, SMALL UNTRANSLATED; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 84907809268     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12742     Document Type: Article

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