Identification of chromosomal alpha-proteobacterial small RNAs by comparative genome analysis and detection in Sinorhizobium meliloti strain 1021

BMC Genomics

Volumn 8, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Ulvé, Vincent M ^a   Sevin, Emeric W ^a   Chéron, Angélique ^a   Barloy Hubler, Frédérique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSFER RNA; BACTERIAL RNA; NUCLEAR RNA; STEROID RECEPTOR RNA ACTIVATOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNTRANSLATED RNA;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; COMPUTER MODEL; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC SCREENING; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PREDICTION; PROTEOBACTERIA; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BACTERIAL GENOME; BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CONFORMATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GENOMICS; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AGROBACTERIUM; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BRUCELLA; PROTEOBACTERIA; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI 1021;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOMICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, NUCLEAR; RNA, UNTRANSLATED; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 39149122829     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-8-467     Document Type: Article

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