This RNA acts as a global regulator to activate or repress the expression of as many as 40 genes, by an antisense mechanism, including the fhlA-encoded transcriptional activator and the rpoS-encoded sigma(s) subunit of RNA polymerase.

[4] The 109 nucleotide RNA is thought to be composed of three stem-loops.

A number of additional targets were predicted and verified using microarray analysis.

[5] These are listed below: Furthermore, the mRNA encoded by the nusG gene is a direct target of OxyS.

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