Post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression in Escherichia coli experiencing sustained nitrogen starvation

While transcriptional reprogramming is perhaps the most well understood form of controlling gene expression in response to nitrogen starvation in bacteria, how post-transcriptional regulation (PTR) of gene expression contributes to this adaptive response remains elusive. Small regulatory RNAs (sRNAs) are the major post-transcriptional regulators of gene expression in bacteria. They regulate gene expression by base pairing to target mRNAs,...