Genome-wide gene expression and RNA half-life measurements allow predictions of regulation and metabolic behavior in Methanosarcina acetivorans

BMC Genomics

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Peterson, Joseph R ^a   Thor, ShengShee ^b   Kohler, Lars ^a   Kohler, Petra R A ^a   Metcalf, William W ^a   Luthey Schulten, Zaida ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Degradational regulatory control; Differential pathway usage; Genome scale metabolic modeling; Metabolic phenotype; Methanogens; RNA half lives

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CARBOHYDRATE TRANSPORT; CELL MIGRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; ENERGY CONVERSION; ENERGY YIELD; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HALF LIFE TIME; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPID TRANSPORT; METHANOGENESIS; METHANOSARCINA ACETIVORANS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FOLDING; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA DEGRADATION; RNA PROCESSING; RNA STABILITY; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; RNA TRANSLATION; ARCHAEAL GENOME; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; METHANOSARCINA; PHENOTYPE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

DACTINOMYCIN; MESSENGER RNA; METHANOL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITOR; RNA;

DACTINOMYCIN; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME, ARCHAEAL; HALF-LIFE; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; METHANOL; METHANOSARCINA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITORS; RNA; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84996605317     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12864-016-3219-8     Document Type: Article

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