Transcriptome complexity in a genome-reduced bacterium.

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Transcriptome complexity in a genome-reduced bacterium. / Güell, Marc; van Noort, Vera; Yus, Eva; Chen, Wei-Hua; Leigh-Bell, Justine; Michalodimitrakis, Konstantinos; Yamada, Takuji; Arumugam, Manimozhiyan; Doerks, Tobias; Kühner, Sebastian; Rode, Michaela; Suyama, Mikita; Schmidt, Sabine; Gavin, Anne-Claude; Bork, Peer; Serrano, Luis.

In: Science, Vol. 326, No. 5957, 11.2009, p. 1268-1271.

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Harvard

Güell, M, van Noort, V, Yus, E, Chen, W-H, Leigh-Bell, J, Michalodimitrakis, K, Yamada, T, Arumugam, M, Doerks, T, Kühner, S, Rode, M, Suyama, M, Schmidt, S, Gavin, A-C, Bork, P & Serrano, L 2009, 'Transcriptome complexity in a genome-reduced bacterium.', Science, vol. 326, no. 5957, pp. 1268-1271. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1176951

APA

Güell, M., van Noort, V., Yus, E., Chen, W-H., Leigh-Bell, J., Michalodimitrakis, K., Yamada, T., Arumugam, M., Doerks, T., Kühner, S., Rode, M., Suyama, M., Schmidt, S., Gavin, A-C., Bork, P., & Serrano, L. (2009). Transcriptome complexity in a genome-reduced bacterium. Science, 326(5957), 1268-1271. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1176951

Vancouver

Güell M, van Noort V, Yus E, Chen W-H, Leigh-Bell J, Michalodimitrakis K et al. Transcriptome complexity in a genome-reduced bacterium. Science. 2009 Nov;326(5957):1268-1271. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1176951

Author

Güell, Marc ; van Noort, Vera ; Yus, Eva ; Chen, Wei-Hua ; Leigh-Bell, Justine ; Michalodimitrakis, Konstantinos ; Yamada, Takuji ; Arumugam, Manimozhiyan ; Doerks, Tobias ; Kühner, Sebastian ; Rode, Michaela ; Suyama, Mikita ; Schmidt, Sabine ; Gavin, Anne-Claude ; Bork, Peer ; Serrano, Luis. / Transcriptome complexity in a genome-reduced bacterium. In: Science. 2009 ; Vol. 326, No. 5957. pp. 1268-1271.

Bibtex

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abstract = "To study basic principles of transcriptome organization in bacteria, we analyzed one of the smallest self-replicating organisms, Mycoplasma pneumoniae. We combined strand-specific tiling arrays, complemented by transcriptome sequencing, with more than 252 spotted arrays. We detected 117 previously undescribed, mostly noncoding transcripts, 89 of them in antisense configuration to known genes. We identified 341 operons, of which 139 are polycistronic; almost half of the latter show decaying expression in a staircase-like manner. Under various conditions, operons could be divided into 447 smaller transcriptional units, resulting in many alternative transcripts. Frequent antisense transcripts, alternative transcripts, and multiple regulators per gene imply a highly dynamic transcriptome, more similar to that of eukaryotes than previously thought.",
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