Hfq: The flexible RNA matchmaker

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 30, Issue , 2016, Pages 133-138

  Updegrove, Taylor B ^a   Zhang, Aixia ^a   Storz, Gisela ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL RNA; CHAPERONE; CHAPERONE PROTEIN HFQ; MESSENGER RNA; RHO FACTOR; TRANSFER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; HOST FACTOR 1;

BACTERIAL GENETICS; BASE PAIRING; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; RNA BINDING; RNA SEQUENCE; BACTERIUM; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE PAIRING; HOST FACTOR 1 PROTEIN; RNA, BACTERIAL;

EID: 84958553385     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: 18790364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2016.02.003     Document Type: Review

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