An in silico model for identification of small RNAs in whole bacterial genomes: Characterization of antisense RNAs in pathogenic Escherichia coli and Streptococcus agalactiae strains

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2846-2861

  Pichon, Christophe ^a,b   Du Merle, Laurence ^a,b   Caliot, Marie Elise ^a,b   Trieu Cuot, Patrick ^a,b   Le Bouguénec, Chantal ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; COMPLEMENTARY RNA; SMALL UNTRANSLATED RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL MOTILITY; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BASE PAIRING; BIOFILM; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER PREDICTION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENHANCER REGION; FIMBRIA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOME ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; PATHOGENICITY ISLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULON; SIP GENE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; UPREGULATION;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BASE PAIRING; BIOFILMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOMIC ISLANDS; HOST FACTOR 1 PROTEIN; REGULON; RNA, ANTISENSE; RNA, MESSENGER; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

EID: 84860211390     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkr1141     Document Type: Article

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