Directional RNA deep sequencing sheds new light on the transcriptional response of Anabaena sp. strain PCC 7120 to combined-nitrogen deprivation

BMC Genomics

Volumn 12, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Flaherty, Britt L ^a   Van Nieuwerburgh, F ^b   Head, Steven R ^c   Golden, James W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY RNA; RNA;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ANABAENA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE CONTROL; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC CODE; NITROGEN DEFICIENCY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; UPREGULATION; CHEMISTRY; FIMBRIA; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NITROGEN FIXATION; OPERON; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANABAENA; ANABAENA SP.; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ANABAENA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; OPEN READING FRAMES; OPERON; RNA; RNA, ANTISENSE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 79959584995     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-12-332     Document Type: Article

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