Novel small RNA-encoding genes in the intergenic regions of Bacillus subtilis

Gene

Volumn 428, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 2-8

  Saito, Shinichi ^a   Kakeshita, Hiroshi ^a   Nakamura, Kouji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Genome; Non coding RNA; Ribonucleomics; Transcription units

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; RNA POLYMERASE; RNA POLYMERASE SIGMA FACTOR A; SPACER DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNTRANSLATED RNA;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, INTERGENIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, UNTRANSLATED; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 56949094523     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2008.09.024     Document Type: Article

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