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<article article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.3" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xml:lang="ru"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">microbe</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="ru">Проблемы особо опасных инфекций</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="en"><trans-title>Problems of Particularly Dangerous Infections</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">0370-1069</issn><issn pub-type="epub">2658-719X</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Russian Research Anti-Plague Institute “Microbe”</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.21055/0370-1069-2017-2-36-39</article-id><article-id custom-type="elpub" pub-id-type="custom">microbe-388</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="section-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>МИКРОБИОЛОГИЯ</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="section-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>MICROBIOLOGY</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>РОЛЬ МАЛЫХ РНК В КОНТРОЛЕ ЭКСПРЕССИИ ГЕНОВ, ВОВЛЕЧЕННЫХ В РЕАЛИЗАЦИЮ ПАТОГЕННОСТИ VIBRIO CHOLERAЕ</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="en"><trans-title>THE ROLE OF SMALL RNAS IN CONTROLLING EXPRESSION OF GENES INVOLVED IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF VIBRIO CHOLERAE PATHOGENICITY</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Писанов</surname><given-names>Р. В.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Pisanov</surname><given-names>R. V.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>344002, Ростов-на-Дону, ул. М.Горького, 117/40</p></bio><bio xml:lang="en"><p>117/40, M.Gor`kogo St., Rostov-on-Don, 344002</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">pisanov_rv@antiplague.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Водопьянов</surname><given-names>А. С.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Vodop’yanov</surname><given-names>A. S.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>344002, Ростов-на-Дону, ул. М.Горького, 117/40</p></bio><bio xml:lang="en"><p>117/40, M.Gor`kogo St., Rostov-on-Don, 344002</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">plague@aaanet.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Симакова</surname><given-names>Д. И.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Simakova</surname><given-names>D. I.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>344002, Ростов-на-Дону, ул. М.Горького, 117/40</p></bio><bio xml:lang="en"><p>117/40, M.Gor`kogo St., Rostov-on-Don, 344002</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">plague@aaanet.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff-1"><aff xml:lang="ru"><institution>Ростовский-на- Дону научно-исследовательский противочумный институт</institution><country>Россия</country></aff><aff xml:lang="en"><institution>Rostov-on-Don Research Anti-Plague Institute</institution><country>Russian Federation</country></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date pub-type="collection"><year>2017</year></pub-date><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>20</day><month>06</month><year>2017</year></pub-date><volume>0</volume><issue>2</issue><fpage>36</fpage><lpage>39</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>Copyright &amp;#x00A9; Писанов Р.В., Водопьянов А.С., Симакова Д.И., 2017</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2017</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Писанов Р.В., Водопьянов А.С., Симакова Д.И.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Pisanov R.V., Vodop’yanov A.S., Simakova D.I.</copyright-holder><license xml:lang="ru" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>Данная работа распространяется под лицензией Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.</license-p></license><license xml:lang="en" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.</license-p></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://journal.microbe.ru/jour/article/view/388">https://journal.microbe.ru/jour/article/view/388</self-uri><abstract><p>В настоящее время малые РНК бактерий с регуляторными функциями характеризуют как гетерогенную совокупность высокоструктурированных одноцепочечных РНК, обычно не транслирующихся в белки. Большую группу малых РНК составляют малые регуляторные РНК, функционирующие по механизму комплементарного взаимодействия оснований малой регуляторной РНК с матричными РНК бактерий. В обзоре приведено описание механизмов непосредственного участия малых РНК в реализации патогенных свойств, формировании биопленки и регуляции вирулентности штаммов V. cholerae. В частности, описаны Hfq-зависимые малые РНК, управляющие экспрессией генов, ответственных за вирулентность и формирование биопленки V. choleraе; представлено влияние малых РНК на систему секреции шестого типа; показано формирование везикул холерного вибриона, управляемого малой РНК, имеющих важное значение для колонизирующей способности холерных вибрионов. Приводится описание такого способа регуляции на уровне РНК, как «рибосвитчи» (РНК-переключатели). </p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="en"><p>Currently, bacterial small RNAs with regulatory functions are characterized as a heterogeneous claster of highly structured single-stranded RNAs which usually would not be translated into proteins. A large group of small RNAs consists of small regulatory RNAs functioning through the mechanism of complementary interaction between small regulatory RNA bases and bacterial messenger RNAs (mRNA). The review provides the description of direct participation of small RNA mechanisms in realization of pathogenic properties, biofilm formation and virulence regulation in V. cholerae strains. In particular, the Hfq-dependent small RNAs that control the expression of genes responsible for virulence and biofilm formation of V. choleraе, and the impact of small RNA on the secretion system of VI type are presented. We also characterized the small RNAs–controlled process of V. cholerae vesicles formation, which have a great significance for colonization ability of cholera vibrios. In addition, such method of regulation at RNA level as “riboswitches”, (RNA switches) is described. </p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>малые РНК</kwd><kwd>регуляция генов</kwd><kwd>Vibrio choleraе</kwd><kwd>рибосвитч</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>small RNAs</kwd><kwd>gene regulation</kwd><kwd>Vibrio choleraе</kwd><kwd>riboswitch</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front><back><ref-list><title>References</title><ref id="cit1"><label>1</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="ru">Arraiano C.M., Fialho A.M. O Mundo do RNA: Novos Desafios e Perspectivas Futuras. Lidel: Lisboa-Porto; 2007.</mixed-citation><mixed-citation xml:lang="en">Arraiano C.M., Fialho A.M. O Mundo do RNA: Novos Desafios e Perspectivas Futuras. 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