RNA-binding proteins involved in post-transcriptional regulation in bacteria

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue MAR, 2015, Pages

  Van Assche, Elke ^a   Van Puyvelde, Sandra ^a   Vanderleyden, Jos ^a   Steenackers, Hans P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Biotechnological applications; Post transcriptional regulation; Regulation of translation; RNA binding proteins; Stability regulation; Working mechanisms

Indexed keywords

CRCZ PROTEIN; CSP PROTEIN; CSRA PROTEIN; FBPB PROTEIN; FLBT PROTEIN; HFQ PROTEIN; LIPA PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSFER RNA; TRP RNA BINDING ATTENUATION PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YBEY PROTEIN;

BACTERIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; REVIEW; RIBOSOME; RNA STABILITY; TRANSCRIPTION ELONGATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84927152409     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00141     Document Type: Review

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