Small RNAs of the halophilic archaeon Haloferax volcanii

Biochemical Society Transactions

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 133-136

  Soppa, Jörg ^a   Straub, Julia ^a   Brenneis, Mariam ^a   Jellen Ritter, Angelika ^b   Heyer, Ruth ^b   Fischer, Susan ^b   Granzow, Michaela ^a   Voss, Björn ^c   Hess, Wolfgang R ^c   Tjaden, Brian ^d   Marchfelder, Anita ^b  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^d WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Archaeon; Haloferax volcanii; Halophile; RNomics; Small non coding RNA

Indexed keywords

SMALL NUCLEAR RNA; ARCHAEAL PROTEIN; ARCHAEAL RNA; SMALL NUCLEOLAR RNA; UNTRANSLATED RNA;

ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; CHROMOSOME DELETION; EUKARYOTE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HALOFERAX VOLCANII; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; ARCHAEAL GENE; BACTERIUM; EUKARYOTIC CELL; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; HALOFERAX VOLCANII;

ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; BACTERIA; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; GENE DELETION; GENES, ARCHAEAL; HALOFERAX VOLCANII; RNA, ARCHAEAL; RNA, SMALL NUCLEOLAR; RNA, UNTRANSLATED;

EID: 59749087476     PISSN: 03005127     EISSN: 14708752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BST0370133     Document Type: Article

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