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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Stenotrophomonas maltophilia
SUBMITTER: Konrad FM-CM-6rstner
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-39705 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Journal of bacteriology 20120824 21
Hfq is an RNA-binding protein known to regulate a variety of cellular processes by interacting with small RNAs (sRNAs) and mRNAs in prokaryotes. Stenotrophomonas maltophilia is an important opportunistic pathogen affecting primarily hospitalized and immunocompromised hosts. We constructed an hfq deletion mutant (Δhfq) of S. maltophilia and compared the behaviors of wild-type and Δhfq S. maltophilia cells in a variety of assays. This revealed that S. maltophilia Hfq plays a role in biofilm format ...[more]