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cis-antisense RNA, another level of gene regulation in bacteria.
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- High levels of antisense transcription from numerous genes in the obligate intracellular bacteriumJournal of bacteriology · 2026Article
- A targeted mutational strategy aiding in generating antisense RNA to knockdown theJournal of bacteriology · 2026Article
- Antisense RNA controls the degradation of phycobilisomes in heterocyst-forming cyanobacteria by a transcriptional interference mechanism.Nucleic acids research · 2026Article
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- Hybrid capture RNA-seq defines temporal gene expression inbioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- Transcriptional regulatory network analysis identifies conserved cis-antisense ncRNAs in the vancomycin and ceftriaxone stress response ofFrontiers in molecular biosciences · 2026Article
- Global analysis of the Hfq-mediated RNA interactome discovers a MicA homolog that affects the cytotoxicity, biofilm formation, and resistance to complement of Bordetella pertussis.Nucleic acids research · 2025Article
- The Power Duo: How the Interplay Between Nucleoid-Associated Proteins and Small Noncoding RNAs Orchestrates the Cellular Regulatory Symphony.Molecular microbiology · 2025Review
- The bacterial transcription terminator, Rho, functions as an RNA:DNA hybrid (RDH) helicase in vivo.The Biochemical journal · 2025Article
- Cra-controlled antisense RNA-downregulation of isocitrate dehydrogenase in Escherichia coli.Archives of microbiology · 2025Article
- RAG-seq: NSR-primed and Transposase Tagmentation-mediated Strand-specific Total RNA Sequencing in Single Cells.Genomics, proteomics & bioinformatics · 2024Article
- Antisense transcription is associated with expression of metal resistance determinants in Cupriavidus metallidurans CH34.Metallomics : integrated biometal science · 2024Article
- Linking the transcriptome to physiology: response of the proteome of Cupriavidus metallidurans to changing metal availability.Metallomics : integrated biometal science · 2024Article
- Impacts of the feedback loop between sense-antisense RNAs in regulating circadian rhythms.NPJ systems biology and applications · 2024Article
- Increased Brucella abortus asRNA_0067 expression under intraphagocytic stressors is associated with enhanced virB2 transcription.Archives of microbiology · 2024Article
- Improved RNA stability estimation indicates that transcriptional interference is frequent in diverse bacteria.Communications biology · 2023Article
- A computational investigation of cis-gene regulation in evolution.Theory in biosciences = Theorie in den Biowissenschaften · 2023Article
- Making Sense of Antisense lncRNAs in Hepatocellular Carcinoma.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Review
- Adapting from Low to High: An Update to COPlants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Gene knockdown by structure defined single-stem loop small non-coding RNAs with programmable regulatory activities.Synthetic and systems biotechnology · 2023Article
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Abstract
A substantial amount of antisense transcription is a hallmark of gene expression in eukaryotes. However, antisense transcription was first demonstrated in bacteria almost 50 years ago. The transcriptomes of bacteria as different as Helicobacter pylori, Bacillus subtilis, Escherichia coli, Synechocystis sp. strain PCC6803, Mycoplasma pneumoniae, Sinorhizobium meliloti, Geobacter sulfurreducens, Vibrio cholerae, Chlamydia trachomatis, Pseudomonas syringae, and Staphylococcus aureus have now been reported to contain antisense RNA (asRNA) transcripts for a high percentage of genes. Bacterial asRNAs share functional similarities with trans-acting regulatory RNAs, but in addition, they use their own distinct mechanisms. Among their confirmed functional roles are transcription termination, codegradation, control of translation, transcriptional interference, and enhanced stability of their respective target transcripts. Here, we review recent publications indicating that asRNAs occur as frequently in simple unicellular bacteria as they do in higher organisms, and we provide a comprehensive overview of the experimentally confirmed characteristics of asRNA actions and intimately linked quantitative aspects. Emerging functional data suggest that asRNAs in bacteria mediate a plethora of effects and are involved in far more processes than were previously anticipated. Thus, the functional impact of asRNAs should be considered when developing new strategies against pathogenic bacteria and when optimizing bacterial strains for biotechnology.
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