Small regulatory RNAs in archaea

RNA Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Babski, Julia ^a   Maier, Lisa Katharina ^b   Heyer, Ruth ^b   Jaschinski, Katharina ^a   Prasse, Daniela ^c   Jäger, Dominik ^c   Randau, Lennart ^d   Schmitz, Ruth A ^c   Marchfelder, Anita ^b   Soppa, Jörg ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Archaea; Haloferax volcanii; Methanosarcina mazei; Nanoarchaeum equitans; Small regulatory RNAs; Sulfolobus solfataricus; Translation; tRNA derived fragments

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; NUCLEOTIDE; RNA; SMALL REGULATORY RNA; TRANSFER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ARCHAEAL RNA; COMPLEMENTARY RNA; SMALL UNTRANSLATED RNA;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ADAPTATION; ARCHAEON; BIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; CELL FUNCTION; CLUSTERED REGULARLY INTERSPACED SHORT PALINDROMIC REPEAT; HALOFERAX VOLCANII; METABOLIC REGULATION; METHANOSARCINA MAZEI; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PYROBACULUM; REVIEW; RIBOSOME; RNA SEQUENCE; STRESS; SULFOLOBUS SOLFATARICUS; BASE PAIRING; CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENOMICS; METABOLISM;

ARCHAEA; BASE PAIRING; CLUSTERED REGULARLY INTERSPACED SHORT PALINDROMIC REPEATS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ARCHAEAL; GENOMICS; RNA, ANTISENSE; RNA, ARCHAEAL; RNA, SMALL UNTRANSLATED; RNA, TRANSFER;

EID: 84906329913     PISSN: 15476286     EISSN: 15558584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/rna.28452     Document Type: Review

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