Regulatory RNAs in photosynthetic cyanobacteria

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 301-315

  Kopf, Matthias ^a   Hess, Wolfgang R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Comparative transcriptome analysis; Cyanobacteria; Differential RNA seq; Gene expression regulation; Photosynthesis; sRNAs

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; MESSENGER RNA; PSRR1; RNA; SMALL UNTRANSLATED RNA; TRANSCRIPTOME; TRANSFER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL RNA; REGULATORY RNA SEQUENCE;

ANABAENA; BACTERIAL GENE; CYANOBACTERIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; REGULATORY RNA SEQUENCE; REVIEW; SML0013 GENE; SYNECHOCYSTIS; TRICHODESMIUM; ENVIRONMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CYANOBACTERIA; ENVIRONMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, RIBONUCLEIC ACID; RNA, BACTERIAL; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84936931687     PISSN: 01686445     EISSN: 15746976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/femsre/fuv017     Document Type: Review

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