Article
From environmental signals to adaptive phenotypes: signal-responsive regulation and network logic of bacterial small RNAs.
FEMS microbiology reviews - 2 Jan 2026
Yi Zhengkai, Xiao Xingning, Zou Likou, Cen Congnan, Shentu Xuping, Yu Xiaoping, Wang Wen
Abstract excerpt
Bacterial regulatory small RNAs (sRNAs) are integral components of posttranscriptional control, shaping environmental adaptation, metabolic homeostasis, and virulence. Advances in transcriptomics and RNA technologies have greatly expanded the repertoire of bacterial sRNAs and revealed their extensive roles in posttranscriptional regulatory networks. This review provides an updated framework for the biogenesis of...
Topics
- Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial
- RNA, Bacterial
- Bacteria
- RNA, Small Untranslated
- Adaptation, Physiological
- Bacterial Physiological Phenomena
- Phenotype
- Signal Transduction
- Gene Regulatory Networks
