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ArticleMolecular systems biology2009

Evidence for a major role of antisense RNAs in cyanobacterial gene regulation.

Jens Georg, Björn Voss, Ingeborg Scholz, Jan Mitschke, Annegret Wilde, Wolfgang R Hess

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Article in Molecular systems biology, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 96 papers.

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96 citing papers in PubMed, 168 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Jens GeorgFaculty of Biology and Freiburg Initiative in Systems Biology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg 79104, Germany.
Björn Voss
Ingeborg Scholz
Jan Mitschke
Annegret Wilde
Wolfgang R Hess
University of Freiburg · DEUniversity of Giessen · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Information on the numbers and functions of naturally occurring antisense RNAs (asRNAs) in eubacteria has thus far remained incomplete. Here, we screened the model cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 for asRNAs using four different methods. In the final data set, the number of known noncoding RNAs rose from 6 earlier identified to 60 and of asRNAs from 1 to 73 (28 were verified using at least three methods). Among these, there are many asRNAs to housekeeping, regulatory or metabolic genes, as well as to genes encoding electron transport proteins. Transferring cultures to high light, carbon-limited conditions or darkness influenced the expression levels of several asRNAs, suggesting their functional relevance. Examples include the asRNA to rpl1, which accumulates in a light-dependent manner and may be required for processing the L11 r-operon and the SyR7 noncoding RNA, which is antisense to the murF 5' UTR, possibly modulating murein biosynthesis. Extrapolated to the whole genome, approximately 10% of all genes in Synechocystis are influenced by asRNAs. Thus, chromosomally encoded asRNAs may have an important function in eubacterial regulatory networks.

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Gene Expression Regulation, BacterialOligonucleotide Array Sequence AnalysisReproducibility of ResultsRNA, AntisenseRNA, BacterialRNA, UntranslatedSignal TransductionSynechocystisSystems BiologyRNA, AntisenseRNA, BacterialRNA, Untranslated

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PMID19756044
PMCPMC2758717
OpenAlexW2110758490

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