A Nitric Oxide Regulated Small RNA Controls Expression of Genes Involved in Redox Homeostasis in Bacillus subtilis

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 1-31

  Durand, Sylvain ^a   Braun, Frédérique ^a   Lioliou, Efthimia ^b   Romilly, Cédric ^b   Helfer, Anne Catherine ^b   Kuhn, Laurianne ^c   Quittot, Noé ^d   Nicolas, Pierre ^d   Romby, Pascale ^b   Condon, Ciarán ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

^d INRA Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE; RIBONUCLEASE; RIBONUCLEASE III; RIBONUCLEASE Y; TRANSFER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 6S RNA; BACTERIAL RNA; MESSENGER RNA; UNTRANSLATED RNA;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC CONSERVATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN HOMEOSTASIS; PROTEOMICS; RNA CLEAVAGE; ROXS GENE; RSAD GENE; RSAE GENE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSLATION INITIATION; UPREGULATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; HOMEOSTASIS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HOMEOSTASIS; NITRIC OXIDE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; RIBONUCLEASE III; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, UNTRANSLATED; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84924354204     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1004957     Document Type: Article

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