Role of non-coding regulatory RNA in the virulence of human pathogenic vibrios

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 7, Issue JAN, 2017, Pages

  Pérez Reytor, Diliana ^a   Plaza, Nicolás ^a,b   Espejo, Romilio T ^b   Navarrete, Paola ^b   Bastías, Roberto ^c   Garcia, Katherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^c PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE VALPARAÍSO   (Chile)

Author keywords

Bioinformatics analysis; Pathogenic vibrios; Quorum sensing; SRNA; Vibrio cholerae; Vibrio parahaemolyticus; Vibrio vulnificus; Virulence

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL RNA; CHAPERONE; HFQ PROTEIN; RYHB RNA; SMALL UNTRANSLATED RNA; SPOT 42 RNA; TOXT ACTIVATED RNA A; TOXT ACTIVATED RNA B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIBRIO REGULATORY RNA OF OMPA;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOINFORMATICS; CRISPR CAS SYSTEM; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; IRON METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; QUORUM SENSING; REVIEW; VIBRIO; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

EID: 85012031500     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.02160     Document Type: Review

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