Small ncRNA transcriptome analysis from Aspergillus fumigatus suggests a novel mechanism for regulation of protein synthesis

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2677-2689

  Jöchl, Christoph ^a   Rederstorff, Mathieu ^a   Hertel, Jana ^b,c   Stadler, Peter F ^b,c,d,e   Hofacker, Ivo I ^b   Schrettl, Markus ^a   Haas, Hubertus ^a   Hüttenhofer, Alexander ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^d SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR CELL THERAPY AND IMMUNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; SMALL NUCLEAR RNA; SMALL NUCLEOLAR RNA; TRANSCRIPTOME; TRANSFER RNA; UNTRANSLATED RNA;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BIOINFORMATICS; CODON; CONIDIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DNA LIBRARY; DOWN REGULATION; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; RNA CLEAVAGE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENE LIBRARY; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RNA, SMALL NUCLEAR; RNA, SMALL NUCLEOLAR; RNA, TRANSFER; RNA, UNTRANSLATED;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI; HOMO SAPIENS;

EID: 43349083066     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkn123     Document Type: Article

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