Identification of CRISPR and riboswitch related RNAs among novel noncoding RNAs of the euryarchaeon Pyrococcus abyssi

BMC Genomics

Volumn 12, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Phok, Kounthéa ^a,b   Moisan, Annick ^b   Rinaldi, Dana ^a   Brucato, Nicolas ^a   Carpousis, Agamemnon J ^a   Gaspin, Christine ^b   Clouet d'Orval, Béatrice ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; CRISPR RNA; TRANSPOSASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNTRANSLATED RNA; ARCHAEAL RNA; SPACER DNA;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CASSETTE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENOME ANALYSIS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PREDICTION; PYROCOCCUS ABYSSI; RIBOSWITCH; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA PROCESSING; RNA STRUCTURE; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES COMPARISON; THERMOCOCCALES; ARCHAEAL GENOME; GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; EURYARCHAEOTA; PYROCOCCUS ABYSSI; THERMOCOCCALES;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; BASE SEQUENCE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA, INTERGENIC; GENETIC LOCI; GENOME, ARCHAEAL; PYROCOCCUS ABYSSI; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIBOSWITCH; RNA, ARCHAEAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79958251726     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-12-312     Document Type: Article

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