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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Sinorhizobium meliloti
SUBMITTER: Jose Jimenez-Zurdo
PROVIDER: E-MEXP-2501 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
BMC microbiology 20100306
<h4>Background</h4>The bacterial Hfq protein is able to interact with diverse RNA molecules, including regulatory small non-coding RNAs (sRNAs), and thus it is recognized as a global post-transcriptional regulator of gene expression. Loss of Hfq has an extensive impact in bacterial physiology which in several animal pathogens influences virulence. Sinorhizobium meliloti is a model soil bacterium known for its ability to establish a beneficial nitrogen-fixing intracellular symbiosis with alfalfa. ...[more]