Target activation by regulatory RNAs in bacteria

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 362-378

  Papenfort, Kai ^a,b   Vanderpool, Carin K ^c  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti antisense; Degradation interference; Hfq; RNase E; Sponge RNA; sRNA

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; CHAPERONE; MESSENGER RNA; HOST FACTOR 1; RIBONUCLEASE; SMALL UNTRANSLATED RNA;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BASE PAIRING; CLOSTRIDIUM; GENE CONTROL; NONHUMAN; REGULATORY RNA SEQUENCE; REVIEW; RNA BINDING; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HOST FACTOR 1 PROTEIN; RIBONUCLEASES; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, SMALL UNTRANSLATED;

EID: 84939502874     PISSN: 01686445     EISSN: 15746976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/femsre/fuv016     Document Type: Review

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