Global transcriptional start site mapping using differential RNA sequencing reveals novel antisense RNAs in Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 197, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 18-28

  Thomason, Maureen K ^a,d   Bischler, Thorsten ^b   Eisenbart, Sara K ^a,b   Förstner, Konrad U ^b   Zhang, Aixia ^a   Herbig, Alexander ^c   Nieselt, Kay ^c   Sharma, Cynthia M ^a,b   Storza, Gisela ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BACTERIAL RNA; COMPLEMENTARY RNA; TRANSCRIPTOME;

BACTERIAL GENOME; CHROMOSOME MAP; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE;

CHROMOSOME MAPPING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; RNA, ANTISENSE; RNA, BACTERIAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84928317979     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.02096-14     Document Type: Article

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