… of Escherichia coli, is an RNA chaperone, which is thought to … that CspA, as well as homologous
RNA chaperones CspE … of physiological concentrations of recombinant CspA, CspE, or …

… of RNA secondary structures … of CspA, as well as different types of peptides to investigate
the influence of aromatic and positively charged amino-acid side chains on the RNA chaperone …

… These results indicate that binding of CspA to RNA destabilizes RNA secondary … that
CspA functions as an RNA chaperone to prevent the formation of secondary structures in RNA …

… a decrease in CspA protein levels. Altogether, our results highlight the importance of CspA
as a global … on the functions and regulation of this RNA chaperone in S. aureus physiology. …

… passive RNA chaperones such as CspA and HIV NCp7 weaken RNA secondary structures.
CspA … Among other functions, CspA and its relative CspE are proposed to destabilize mRNA …

… CspA as an RNA chaperone. It has been shown that CspA binds to both single-stranded
RNA and DNA, and this is probably due to intercalation of the RNA or DNA bases between the …

… interact with RNA/ssDNA with a low affinity similar to CspA, a property crucial for an RNA
chaperone, but they differ from CspA in displaying definite preference for specific sequences in …

This thesis shows how RNA chaperones, like S. aureus CspA, can specifically interact with
RNA structures targeted by other RBPs and offers new ways of understanding CSP-mediated …

… adversely affect the RNA binding in the case of CspA from E. … chaperoning activity [Phadtare
et al., 2002a, b]. The structure of CspA homologues is ideal for their role as RNA chaperones…

… , (1) the CspA family proteins, which mainly affect the transcription and possibly translation
at low temperature through their RNA chaperoning function and (2) RNA helicases and …