@misc{10481/77904,
year = {2007},
month = {10},
url = {https://hdl.handle.net/10481/77904},
abstract = {Bacterial small non-coding RNAs (sRNAs) are being recognized as novel widespread regulators of gene expression in response to environmental signals. Here, we present the first search for sRNA-encoding genes in the nitrogen-fixing endosymbiont Sinorhizobium meliloti, performed by a genome- wide computational analysis of its intergenic regions. Comparative sequence data from eight related alpha-proteobacteria were obtained, and the interspecies pairwise alignments were scored with the programs eQRNA and RNAz as complementary predictive tools to identify conserved and stable secondary structures corresponding to putative non-coding RNAs. Northern experiments confirmed that eight of the predicted loci, selected among the original 32 candidates as most probable sRNA genes, expressed small transcripts. This result supports the combined use of eQRNA and RNAz as a robust strategy to identify novel sRNAs in bacteria. Furthermore, seven of the transcripts accumulated differentially in free-living and symbiotic conditions. Experimental mapping of the 5 '-ends of the detected transcripts revealed that their encoding genes are organized in autonomous transcription units with recognizable promoter and, in most cases, termination signatures. These findings suggest novel regulatory functions for sRNAs related to the interactions of alpha-proteobacteria with their eukaryotic hosts.},
organization = {Spanish Ministerio de
Educación y Ciencia (Project AGL2006-12466/AGR)},
organization = {Junta de Andalucía (Project CV1-01522)},
organization = {NIH Grant
1R01GM070538-02},
organization = {FPI Fellowship
from the Spanish Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia},
publisher = {Wiley},
keywords = {Inteligencia artificial},
keywords = {Artificial intelligence},
title = {Identification of differentially expressed small non-coding RNAs in the legume endosymbiont Sinorhizobium meliloti by comparative genomics},
doi = {10.1111/j.1365-2958.2007.05978.x},
author = {Val Muñoz, María Coral Del and Torres Quesada, Omar and Toro, Nicolás and Jiménez Zurdo, José Ignacio},
}