Tracking the elusive function of Bacillus subtilis Hfq

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Rochat, Tatiana ^a,b   Delumeau, Olivier ^c   Figueroa Bossi, Nara ^a   Noirot, Philippe ^c,d   Bossi, Lionello ^a   Dervyn, Etienne ^c   Bouloc, Philippe ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY OF THE CELL I2BC   (France)

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

^c UMR1319 MICALIS   (France)

^d ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL RNA; PROTEIN HFQ; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; HOST FACTOR 1; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIABILITY; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GROWTH RATE; HFQ GENE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SALMONELLA; SPOROGENESIS; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; POSIBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; HOST FACTOR 1 PROTEIN; PHENOTYPE; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84928615890     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0124977     Document Type: Article

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