Evidence for a major role of antisense RNAs in cyanobacterial gene regulation

Molecular Systems Biology

Volumn 5, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Georg, Jens ^a   Vob, Björn ^a   Scholz, Ingeborg ^a   Mitschke, Jan ^a   Wilde, Annegret ^b   Hess, Wolfgang R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antisense RNA; Cyanobacteria; Microarray; Noncoding RNA; Synechocystis

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY RNA; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN L1; UNTRANSLATED RNA; BACTERIAL RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; GENE CONTROL; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MAPPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; START CODON; STOP CODON; SYNECHOCYSTIS; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; SYNECHOCYSTIS; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP.; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP. PCC 6803;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RNA, ANTISENSE; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, UNTRANSLATED; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNECHOCYSTIS; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

EID: 70349462763     PISSN: 17444292     EISSN: 17444292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/msb.2009.63     Document Type: Article

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