RNA-Seq analysis of the multipartite genome of Rhizobium etli CE3 shows different replicon contributions under heat and saline shock

BMC Genomics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  López Leal, Gamaliel ^a   Tabche, Maria L ^b   Castillo Ramírez, Santiago ^a   Mendoza Vargas, Alfredo ^c   Ramírez Romero, Miguel A ^d   Dávila, Guillermo ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS FÍSICAS   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^c SECRETARÍA DE SALUD   (Mexico)

^d Oncomedic Torrielo Guerra   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; CHAPERONE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UNTRANSLATED RNA; CARRIER PROTEIN; PROTEIN BINDING; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOME ANALYSIS; HEAT SHOCK RESPONSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PROMOTER REGION; REPLICON; RHIZOBIUM ETLI; UPREGULATION; BINDING SITE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; HEAT; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE MOTIF; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; POSITION WEIGHT MATRIX; SALINITY; SECONDARY METABOLISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

RHIZOBIUM ETLI;

BINDING SITES; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HEAT-SHOCK RESPONSE; HOT TEMPERATURE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; NUCLEOTIDE MOTIFS; PLASMIDS; POSITION-SPECIFIC SCORING MATRICES; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; REPLICON; RHIZOBIUM ETLI; RNA, UNTRANSLATED; SALINITY; SECONDARY METABOLISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84907292963     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-15-770     Document Type: Article

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