Small RNA functions in carbon metabolism and virulence of enteric pathogens

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

Volumn 4, Issue JUL, 2014, Pages

  Papenfort, Kai ^a   Vogel, Jörg ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbon metabolism; CsrA; Hfq; SRNA; Virulence

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CAMP RECEPTOR PROTEIN; CARBON STORAGE REGULATOR A PROTEIN; CYCLIC AMP; RECEPTOR PROTEIN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; SMALL UNTRANSLATED RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL RNA; CARBON; CHITIN; GLUCOSE; HOST FACTOR 1; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BASE PAIRING; BIOFILM; CARBON METABOLISM; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS; HOMEOSTASIS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IRON HOMEOSTASIS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; METABOLIC REGULATION; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING; NONHUMAN; QUORUM SENSING; REVIEW; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHIMURIUM; SAPROTROPH; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS; ANIMAL; ENERGY METABOLISM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; INTESTINE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CARBON; CHITIN; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GLUCOSE; HOMEOSTASIS; HOST FACTOR 1 PROTEIN; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; INTESTINES; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, SMALL UNTRANSLATED; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84915760848     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22352988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2014.00091     Document Type: Review

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