RNA-mediated regulation in bacteria: from natural to artificial systems.
Bacteria use various means of RNA-mediated gene regulation. Regulatory RNAs include mRNA leaders that affect expression in cis or in trans, non-coding RNAs that trap regulatory proteins or interact with one or multiple target mRNAs, and RNAs that protect the bacteria against foreign and invasive DNA. The aim of this review is to outline the basic principles of bacterial RNA-mediated regulation, with a special focus on both cis-acting regulatory regions of mRNAs and antisense RNAs (asRNAs), and to give a brief overview of selected examples of RNA-based technology that have paved the way for biotechnological applications.
Lioliou
Efthimia
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Architecture et Réactivité de l'ARN, Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, IBMC, 15 rue René Descartes, Strasbourg cedex, France.
Romilly
Cédric
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Romby
Pascale
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Fechter
Pierre
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D001419:Bacteria / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D015964:Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D016372:RNA, Antisense / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D012329:RNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D012045:Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid / Q000235:genetics
D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D016372:RNA, Antisense; D012329:RNA, Bacterial