DicF RNA

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DicF RNA

Type:	Gene; antisense;
2° structure:	Predicted; PFOLD
Seed alignment:	INFERNAL
Avg length:	52.0 nucleotides
Avg identity:	73%

DicF RNA is a non-coding RNA that is an antisense inhibitor of cell division gene ftsZ.^[1] DicF is bound by the Hfq protein which enhances its interaction with its targets.

[edit] References

^ Faubladier, M; Bouche JP (1994). "Division inhibition gene dicF of Escherichia coli reveals a widespread group of prophage sequences in bacterial genomes". J Bacteriol 176: 1150–1156. PMID 7508908.

[2] Tetart, F; Bouche JP (1992). "Regulation of the expression of the cell-cycle gene ftsZ by DicF antisense RNA. Division does not require a fixed number of FtsZ molecules". Mol Microbiol 6: 615–620. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2958.1992.tb01508.x. PMID 1372677.
[3] Bouche, F; Bouche JP (1989). "Genetic evidence that DicF, a second division inhibitor encoded by the Escherichia coli dicB operon, is probably RNA". Mol Microbiol 3: 991–994. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2958.1989.tb00249.x. PMID 2477663.