A Stress-Induced Small RNA Modulates Alpha-Rhizobial Cell Cycle Progression

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Robledo, Marta ^a   Frage, Benjamin ^a   Wright, Patrick R ^b   Becker, Anke ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL DNA; MESSENGER RNA; RIBONUCLEASE E; SMALL UNTRANSLATED RNA; TRANSFER RNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENE; BASE PAIRING; CELL CYCLE PROGRESSION; CELL CYCLE REGULATION; CELL ELONGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIVK PLED GENE; DNA CONTENT; DNAA GENE; ECPR1 GENE; GCRA GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION ASSAY; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC CONSERVATION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PLASMID; PREDICTION; REGULATOR GENE; REGULON; RHIZOBIACEAE; RNA DEGRADATION; RNA SYNTHESIS; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIVISION; DNA REPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; SYMBIOSIS;

PROTEOBACTERIA; RHIZOBIALES; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIVISION; DNA REPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, SMALL UNTRANSLATED; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 84930371153     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1005153     Document Type: Article

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