Assessing computational tools for the discovery of small RNA genes in bacteria

RNA

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1635-1647

  Lu, Xiaojun ^a   Goodrich Blair, Heidi ^a   Tjaden, Brian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Bioinformatic predictions; Noncoding RNAs; RNA seq; sRNA; Xenorhabdus nematophila

Indexed keywords

RNA; SMALL RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LIBRARY; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA ISOLATION; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DATABASES, GENETIC; GENES, BACTERIAL; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, SMALL UNTRANSLATED; RNA, TRANSFER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; SOFTWARE; XENORHABDUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); XENORHABDUS NEMATOPHILA;

EID: 84860392511     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: 14699001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1261/rna.2689811     Document Type: Article

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