Experimental approaches to identify small RNAs and their diverse roles in bacteria - what we have learnt in one decade of MicA research

MicrobiologyOpen

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 699-711

  Van Puyvelde, Sandra ^a,b   Vanderleyden, Jozef ^a   De Keersmaecker, Sigrid C J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^c SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

Author keywords

sRNA; Conservation; MicA; Structure; Target identification

Indexed keywords

DIMER; MESSENGER RNA; MICA RNA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; SMALL UNTRANSLATED RNA; TRANSCRIPTOME; TRANSFER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL RNA;

BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIMERIZATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETIC CONSERVATION; NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING; NONHUMAN; OUTER MEMBRANE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; BACTERIUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

BACTERIA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, SMALL UNTRANSLATED;

EID: 84945492951     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20458827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mbo3.263     Document Type: Review

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