Beyond membrane permeability: A role for the small RNA MicF in regulation of chromosome replication and partitioning.

Small regulatory RNAs (sRNA) have been shown to play a large role in the management of stress responses in and other bacteria. sRNAs act post-transcriptionally on target mRNA through an imperfect base pairing mechanism to regulate downstream protein expression. The imperfect base pairing allows a single sRNA to bind and regulate a variety mRNA targets which can form intricate regulatory networks that connect different physiological processes for the cell's response.