RNA- and protein-mediated control of Listeria monocytogenes virulence gene expression

RNA Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 460-470

  Lebreton, Alice ^a   Cossart, Pascale ^b,c,d  

^a PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d USC 2020   (France)

Author keywords

CRISPR; excludon; non coding RNA; riboswitch; thermosensor; transcriptome

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHITINASE; CIS ACTING ELEMENT; CODY PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY RNA; HFQ PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; MOGR PROTEIN; PROTEIN; RNA; SIGMA FACTOR SIGMAB; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PRFA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNTRANSLATED RNA; VIRR PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL RNA; PRFA PROTEIN, LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTOME; TRANSLATION TERMINATION FACTOR;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CLUSTERED REGULARLY INTERSPACED SHORT PALINDROMIC REPEAT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HOST CELL; HUMAN; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PATHOGENICITY; REPRESSOR GENE; RIBOSWITCH; RNA PROCESSING; RNA STABILITY; THERMORECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION; TRANSLATION INITIATION; ANIMAL; GENETICS; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; METABOLISM; MOUSE; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLUSTERED REGULARLY INTERSPACED SHORT PALINDROMIC REPEATS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMANS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MICE; PEPTIDE TERMINATION FACTORS; RIBOSWITCH; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, UNTRANSLATED; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTOME; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84976597151     PISSN: 15476286     EISSN: 15558584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15476286.2016.1189069     Document Type: Article

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