sRNA and mRNA turnover in gram-positive bacteria

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 316-330

  Durand, Sylvain ^a   Tomasini, Arnaud ^b   Braun, Fŕedérique ^a   Condon, Ciarán ^a   Romby, Pascale ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Gram positive bacteria; mRNA stability; Ribonucleases; sRNA

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL RNA; EXORIBONUCLEASE; MESSENGER RNA; NUCLEOTIDE PYROPHOSPHATASE; POLYRIBONUCLEOTIDE NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN BSRG; PROTEIN RATA; PROTEIN ROXS; PROTEIN RSAE; PROTEIN SR4; PROTEIN TXPA; RIBONUCLEASE; RIBONUCLEASE E; RIBONUCLEASE III; RIBONUCLEASE J1; RIBONUCLEASE J2; RNA HELICASE; TRANS ACTING FACTOR; TRANSFER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ADAPTATION; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; COMPLEX FORMATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIRMICUTES; GENE CONTROL; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; REVIEW; RIBOSOME; RIBOSWITCH; RNA DEGRADATION; RNA METABOLISM; RNA TRANSLATION; SPECIES; SPOROGENESIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TURNOVER TIME; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS;

GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; RIBONUCLEASES; RIBOSOMES; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84942802283     PISSN: 01686445     EISSN: 15746976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/femsre/fuv007     Document Type: Review

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