Title Page; Copyright Page; Editorial Regulatory RNAs in Prokaryotes; References; Table of Contents; Chapter 1 Small RNAs with a Role in the Oxidative Stress Response of Bacteria; 1 Introduction; 2 OxyS and the Oxidative Stress Response in Enterobacteria; 3 The Link Between Iron Levels and Oxidative Stress, and the Role of RyhB; 3.1 How Iron Can Cause Oxidative Stress; 3.2 Mechanisms of RyhB Regulation; 3.3 RyhB Homologues in Other Bacteria; 4 Photooxidative Stress-Induced sRNAs in Photosynthetic Alpha-Proteobacteria; 5 Other sRNAs Involved in Oxidative Stress Responses; 6 Concluding Remarks ReferencesChapter 2 Hfq-associated Regulatory Small RNAs; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Trans-acting sRNAs and the Role for Hfq; 2 Regulatory Mechanisms Employed by Hfq-associated sRNAs; 2.1 Translational Control Near the SD Sequence and AUG Start Codon; 2.2 Primary Role for sRNAs in Translational Silencing; 2.3 Non-canonical Repression of Translation Initiation; 2.4 Control of Protein Synthesis Through Regulation of mRNA Decay; 2.5 Multiple Target Control by sRNAs; 2.6 Small RNAs with Multiple Conserved Targeting Regions; 2.7 Unusually Complex Mechanisms 2.8 5' Regions as a Conserved Mechanism for Targeting Multiple mRNAs2.9 Maturation of Small RNAs; 2.10 Potential Evolution of New sRNAs from 3' UTRs; 3 Perspective; 3.1 Overlap of sRNAs and Targets in Regulons; 3.2 Titration of Hfq: Regulation or Side-effect?; 3.3 Titration of Hfq: Implications for Horizontal Gene Transfer; 3.4 Design of Synthetic sRNAs; 4 Outlook; References; Chapter 3 A Current Overview of Regulatory RNAs in Staphylococcus Aureus; 1 Introduction; 2 Cis-acting Regulatory Elements in mRNAs; 2.1 RNA Thermosensors; 2.2 Riboswitches 2.3 Erythromycin-induced Translation Attenuation2.4 tRNA-mediated Riboswitches; 2.5 Protein-mediated Transcription Termination/Anti-termination; 3 Small Non-coding RNAs Targeting mRNAs; 3.1 Generalities; 3.2 Pathogenicity Island-encoded sRNAs; 3.3 sRNA Stress Response and Metabolism; 3.4 sRNA and Small Colony Variant; 3.5 S. aureus Transcriptome; 4 RNAIII, a mRNA and a Regulatory RNA; 4.1 Quorum Sensing and Virulence in S. aureus; 4.2 RNAIII Encodes a Small Toxin; 4.3 RNAIII as the Regulator; 4.4 RNAIII and its Regulatory Network; 5 CRISPR in Defense Mechanism; 6 Perspectives; Acknowledgments ReferencesChapter 4 Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Small Regulatory RNAs; 1 Introduction; 2 Bacterial Regulatory RNAs and their Mode of Action; 3 P. aeruginosa Housekeeping RNAs; 4 Protein Sequestering RNAs; 4.1 RsmY/Z; 4.2 CrcZ; 5 Verified and Candidate P. Aeruginosa Base-pairing sRNAs; 5.1 Prrf 1/2; 5.2 RgsA; 5.3 PhrS and PhrD; 6 CRISPR; 7 Uncharacterized P. Aeruginosa sRNAs; 8 Conclusion; References; Chapter 5 Natural Antisense Transcripts in Bacteria; 1 Defining Features of an Antisense Transcript; 2 Antisense RNAs were Discovered in Bacteria 2.1 Known Facts About Antisense RNAs from Bacteriophages, Plasmids and Transposons | 
