Small regulatory RNAs (sRNAs): Key players in prokaryotic metabolism, stress response, and virulence

Regulatory RNAs: Basics, Methods and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 73-109

  Brantl, Sabine ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antisense RNA; cis encoded sRNA; Hfq; mRNA stability; riboregulator; RNA thermometer; small regulatory RNA; sRNA; trans encoded sRNA; translation activation; translation inhibition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928856412     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-22517-8_4     Document Type: Chapter

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