Genome-wide dynamic transcriptional profiling in clostridium beijerinckii NCIMB 8052 using single-nucleotide resolution RNA-Seq

BMC Genomics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Wang, Yi ^a   Li, Xiangzhen ^a,b   Mao, Yuejian ^a   Blaschek, Hans P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b CHENGDU INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; BACTERIAL RNA; FATTY ACID;

ADC GENE; ALCOHOL PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL ENDOSPORE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM; CLOSTRIDIUM BEIJERINCKII; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERMENTATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GLYCOLYSIS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; RNA SEQUENCE; SIGE GENE; SIGG GENE; SOL GENE; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPOROGENESIS; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; BACTERIAL SPORE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CYTOLOGY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS; GENOMICS; KINETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; QUORUM SENSING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

CLOSTRIDIUM BEIJERINCKII; SIGE;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CLOSTRIDIUM BEIJERINCKII; FATTY ACIDS; FERMENTATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENOMICS; GLYCOLYSIS; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; KINETICS; QUORUM SENSING; RNA, BACTERIAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84862813786     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-13-102     Document Type: Article

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