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The Sinorhizobium meliloti RNA chaperone Hfq influences central carbon metabolism and the symbiotic interaction with alfalfa.
BMC microbiology - 6 Mar 2010
Torres-Quesada Omar, Oruezabal Roke I, Peregrina Alexandra, Jofré Edgardo, Lloret Javier, Rivilla Rafael, Toro Nicolás, Jiménez-Zurdo José I
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BACKGROUND: 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 s...
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