Small RNAs of the Bradyrhizobium/Rhodopseudomonas lineage and their analysis

RNA Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 47-58

  Madhugiri, Ramakanth ^a   Pessi, Gabriella ^b   Voss, Björn ^c   Hahn, Julia ^a   Sharma, Cynthia M ^d   Reinhardt, Richard ^e   Vogel, Jörg ^d   Hess, Wolfgang R ^c   Fischer, Hans Martin ^b   Evguenieva Hackenberg, Elena ^a  

^a Institute of Microbiology and Molecular Biology   (Germany)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PLANT BREEDING RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bradyrhizobium; dRNA seq; Microarray; Nodule; Non coding RNA; Prediction; Rhodopseudomonas; Small RNA; Symbiosis; Target

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; INOSITOL MONOPHOSPHATASE; PHOSPHATASE; PROTEIN BJRC1505; PROTEIN BJRC174; PROTEIN BJRC2A; PROTEIN BJRC2B; PROTEIN BJRC2C; PROTEIN BJRC68; PROTEIN BJRC80; RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BRADYRHIZOBIUM; BRADYRHIZOBIUM JAPONICUM; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS; RNA GEL BLOT ANALYSIS; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SYMBIOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRADYRHIZOBIUM; BRADYRHIZOBIUM JAPONICUM USDA 110; GLYCINE MAX; RHIZOBIALES; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS PALUSTRIS;

EID: 84856777234     PISSN: 15476286     EISSN: 15558584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/rna.9.1.18008     Document Type: Article

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