Small RNA-based feedforward loop with AND-gate logic regulates extrachromosomal DNA transfer in Salmonella

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 112, Issue 34, 2015, Pages E4772-E4781

  Papenfort, Kai ^a,b,c   Espinosa, Elena ^d   Casadesús, Josep ^d   Vogel, Jörg ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Feedforward control; Hfq; Plasmid conjugation; RprA; SRNA

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL RNA; EXTRACHROMOSOMAL DNA; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; RICI PROTEIN; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSFER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL DNA;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONJUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA TRANSFER; GENE CONTROL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RICI GENE; RPRA GENE; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; STRESS; UPREGULATION; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SALMONELLA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA;

BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA, BACTERIAL; SALMONELLA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 84940404135     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1507825112     Document Type: Article

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