High throughput sequencing reveals a plethora of small RNAs including tRNA derived fragments in Haloferax volcanii

RNA Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1011-1018

  Heyer, Ruth ^a   Dörr, Marcella ^a   Jellen Ritter, Angelika ^a   Späth, Bettina ^a   Babski, Julia ^b   Jaschinski, Katharina ^b   Soppa, Jörg ^b   Marchfelder, Anita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Archaea; Haloferax volcanii; High throughput sequencing; sRNAs; tRFs

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; COMPLEMENTARY RNA; SMALL RNA; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TRANSCRIPTOME; TRANSFER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HALOFERAX VOLCANII; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; RNA SEQUENCE; TEMPERATURE; WILD TYPE;

EID: 84865304967     PISSN: 15476286     EISSN: 15558584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/rna.20826     Document Type: Article

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