Erik Holmqvist
Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor at Department of Cell and Molecular Biology; Microbiology and immunology
- Telephone:
- +46 18 471 40 73
- E-mail:
- Erik.Holmqvist@icm.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Husargatan 3
752 37 Uppsala - Postal address:
- Box 596
751 24 Uppsala

Publications
Recent publications
ProQ prevents mRNA degradation through inhibition of poly(A) polymerase
Part of Nucleic Acids Research, 2025
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An RNA pseudoknot mediates toxin translation and antitoxin inhibition
Part of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2024
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Part of mSphere, 2024
- DOI for ProQ-dependent activation of Salmonella virulence genes mediated by post-transcriptional control of PhoP synthesis
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Global Identification of RNA-Binding Proteins in Bacteria
Part of Methods in Molecular Biology, p. 347-361, 2024
Rescue of Escherichia coli auxotrophy by de novo small proteins
Part of eLIFE, 2023
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All publications
Articles in journal
ProQ prevents mRNA degradation through inhibition of poly(A) polymerase
Part of Nucleic Acids Research, 2025
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An RNA pseudoknot mediates toxin translation and antitoxin inhibition
Part of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2024
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Part of mSphere, 2024
- DOI for ProQ-dependent activation of Salmonella virulence genes mediated by post-transcriptional control of PhoP synthesis
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Global Identification of RNA-Binding Proteins in Bacteria
Part of Methods in Molecular Biology, p. 347-361, 2024
Rescue of Escherichia coli auxotrophy by de novo small proteins
Part of eLIFE, 2023
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RNA interactome capture in Escherichia coli globally identifies RNA-binding proteins
Part of Nucleic Acids Research, p. 4572-4587, 2023
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CsrA enters Hfq's territory: Regulation of a base-pairing small RNA
Part of Molecular Microbiology, p. 4-9, 2022
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The RNA-binding protein ProQ promotes antibiotic persistence in Salmonella
Part of Molecular and Cellular Biology, 2022
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Part of Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021
Part of Nucleic Acids Research, p. 9992-10006, 2021
- DOI for Saturation mutagenesis charts the functional landscape of Salmonella ProQ and reveals a gene regulatory function of its C-terminal domain
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Part of mBio, 2020
- DOI for The Small Toxic Salmonella Protein TimP Targets the Cytoplasmic Membrane and Is Repressed by the Small RNA TimR
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Part of RNA Biology, p. 872-880, 2020
- DOI for Small RNAs OmrA and OmrB promote class III flagellar gene expression by inhibiting the synthesis of anti-Sigma factor FlgM
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The Length of a DNA T-Tract Modulates Expression of a Virulence-Regulating sRNA
Part of Molecular Cell, p. 175-177, 2020
Hfq-dependent mRNA unfolding promotes sRNA-based inhibition of translation
Part of EMBO Journal, 2019
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Part of Molecular Cell, p. 971-982, 2018
Structure of the Escherichia coli ProQ RNA-binding protein
Part of RNA, p. 696-711, 2017
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Part of Nucleic Acids Research, 2013
- DOI for Massive functional mapping of a 5'-UTR by saturation mutagenesis, phenotypic sorting and deep sequencing
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A mixed double negative feedback loop between the sRNA MicF and the global regulator Lrp
Part of Molecular Microbiology, p. 414-427, 2012
Two antisense RNAs target the transcriptional regulator CsgD to inhibit curli synthesis
Part of EMBO Journal, p. 1840-1850, 2010
Part of PLoS Genetics, 2009
Hfq-dependent regulation of OmpA synthesis is mediated by an an-tisense RNA.
Part of Genes & Development, p. 2355-2366, 2005
Articles, review/survey
RNA-binding activity and regulatory functions of the emerging sRNA-binding protein ProQ
Part of Biochimica et Biophysica Acta. Gene Regulatory Mechanisms, 2020
RNA-binding proteins in bacteria
Part of Nature Reviews Microbiology, p. 601-615, 2018
Impact of bacterial sRNAs in stress responses
Part of Biochemical Society Transactions, p. 1203-1212, 2017
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Chapters in book
CLIP-Seq in Bacteria: Global Recognition Patterns of Bacterial RNA-Binding Proteins
Part of High-Density Sequencing Applications in Microbial Molecular Genetics, p. 127-145, ELSEVIER ACADEMIC PRESS INC, 2018