Deep sequencing uncovers numerous small RNAs on all four replicons of the plant pathogen Agrobacterium tumefaciens

RNA Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 446-457

  Wilms, Ina ^a   Overlöper, Aaron ^a   Nowrousian, Minou ^a   Sharma, Cynthia M ^b   Narberhaus, Franz ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Deep sequencing; Plant microbe interaction; Regulatory RNA; RNA seq; Small RNA

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY RNA; TRANSFER RNA;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA LIBRARY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE TRANSFER; GROWTH CURVE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PH; PLASMID; PROMOTER REGION; REPLICON; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; RNA GEL BLOT ANALYSIS; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; TEMPERATURE;

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84855836835     PISSN: 15476286     EISSN: 15558584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/rna.17212     Document Type: Article

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