Riboregulation in plant-associated α-proteobacteria

RNA Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Becker, Anke ^a   Overlöper, Aaron ^b   Schlüter, Jan Philip ^a   Reinkensmeier, Jan ^c   Robledo, Marta ^a   Giegerich, Robert ^c   Narberhaus, Franz ^b   Evguenieva Hackenberg, Elena ^d  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antisense RNA; Non coding RNA; Rhizobiales; Ribolysis; Riboregulation; RNA binding protein; RNA seq; sRNA; proteobacteria

Indexed keywords

ABCR1 PROTEIN; ABCR2 PROTEIN; BACTERIAL RNA; CHAPERONE; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; SMALL UNTRANSLATED RNA; TRANSCRIPTOME; TRANSFER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNTRANSLATED RNA; COMPLEMENTARY RNA; MESSENGER RNA;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ALPHARHIZOBIACEAE; BRADYRHIZOBIUM JAPONICUM; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; RHIZOBIACEAE; RHIZOBIUM ETLI; RNA DEGRADATION; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SOIL MICROFLORA; BASE PAIRING; CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PLANT; RNA STABILITY;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BASE PAIRING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PLANTS; RNA STABILITY; RNA, ANTISENSE; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, SMALL UNTRANSLATED; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84906337204     PISSN: 15476286     EISSN: 15558584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/rna.29625     Document Type: Review

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