Comparative genome-wide analysis of small RNAs of major Gram-positive pathogens: From identification to application

Microbial Biotechnology

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 658-676

  Mraheil, Mobarak A ^a   Billion, André ^a   Kuenne, Carsten ^a   Pischimarov, Jordan ^a   Kreikemeyer, Bernd ^b   Engelmann, Susanne ^c   Hartke, Axel ^d   Giard, Jean Christophe ^d   Rupnik, Maja ^e   Vorwerk, Sonja ^f   Beier, Markus ^f   Retey, Julia ^g   Hartsch, Thomas ^g   Jacob, Anette ^h   Cemič, Franz ⁱ   Hemberger, Jürgen ⁱ   Chakraborty, Trinad ^a   Hain, Torsten ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

^f Febit Biomed Gmbh   (Germany)

^g GENEDATA AG   (Switzerland)

^h GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

ⁱ TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE MITTELHESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; AP 12009; BACTERIAL RNA; LOCKED NUCLEIC ACID; OLIGOMER; PEPTIDE NUCLEIC ACID; PHOSPHORODIAMIDATE MORPHOLINO OLIGOMER; PHOSPHOROTHIOIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANTISENSE THERAPY; ARTHRITIS; ASTHMA; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIOINFORMATICS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG TARGETING; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOME ANALYSIS; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NEOPLASM; NONHUMAN; PROTEOMICS; SHORT SURVEY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TRANSCRIPTOMICS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; RNA, ANTISENSE; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING;

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 78349267981     PISSN: 17517907     EISSN: 17517915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-7915.2010.00171.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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