Bioinformatic prediction and experimental verification of sRNAs in the haloarchaeon Haloferax volcanii

RNA Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 806-816

  Babski, Julia ^a   Tjaden, Brian ^b   Voss, Björn ^c   Jellen Ritter, Angelika ^d   Marchfelder, Anita ^d   Hess, Wolfgang R ^c   Soppa, Jörg ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Archaea; Bioinformatic predictions; Comparative genomics; Differential expression; Haloferax volcanii; Microarray; Non coding RNAs; Northern blot; sRNA; Untranslated regions (UTR)

Indexed keywords

SPACER DNA; TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BIOINFORMATICS; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HALOFERAX VOLCANII; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; UNTRANSLATED REGION;

HALOBACTERIA; HALOFERAX VOLCANII;

EID: 80051669808     PISSN: 15476286     EISSN: 15558584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/rna.8.5.16039     Document Type: Article

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