TRNA-mediated codon-biased translation in mycobacterial hypoxic persistence

Nature Communications

Volumn 7, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Chionh, Yok Hian ^a,b   McBee, Megan ^a,c,g   Babu, I Ramesh ^c,h   Hia, Fabian ^a   Lin, Wenwei ^b   Zhao, Wei ^a   Cao, Jianshu ^a,d   Dziergowska, Agnieszka ^e   Malkiewicz, Andrzej ^e   Begley, Thomas J ^f   Alonso, Sylvie ^a,b   Dedon, Peter C ^a,c  

^a SINGAPORE MIT ALLIANCE FOR RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e LODZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^f SUNY POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g Tychan Pte Ltd   (Singapore)

^h ALNYLAM PHARMACEUTICALS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; RIBONUCLEOSIDE; TRANSFER RNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL RNA; TRANSCRIPTOME;

AMINO ACID; BACTERIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOXIA; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PATHOGEN; PROTEIN; RNA; TUBERCULOSIS;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIOSTASIS; CELL REPROGRAMMING TECHNIQUE; CODON; CODON USAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GENE EXPRESSION; GRANULOMA; HYPOXIA; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS BCG; NONHUMAN; RNA TRANSLATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS BCG;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CODON; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, TRANSFER; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84995377379     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms13302     Document Type: Article

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