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ArticleBMC genomics2012

Computational discovery and RT-PCR validation of novel Burkholderia conserved and Burkholderia pseudomallei unique sRNAs.

Jia-Shiun Khoo, Shiao-Fei Chai, Rahmah Mohamed, Sheila Nathan, Mohd Firdaus-Raih

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Article in BMC genomics, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Jia-Shiun KhooSchool of Biosciences and Biotechnology, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 UKM Bangi, Malaysia.
Shiao-Fei Chai
Rahmah Mohamed
Sheila Nathan
Mohd Firdaus-Raih
National University of Malaysia · MYMalaysia Genome Institute · MY

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe sRNAs of bacterial pathogens are known to be involved in various cellular roles including environmental adaptation as well as regulation of virulence and pathogenicity. It is expected that sRNAs may also have similar functions for Burkholderia pseudomallei, a soil bacterium that can adapt to diverse environmental conditions, which causes the disease melioidosis and is also able to infect a wide variety of hosts.

resultsBy integrating several proven sRNA prediction programs into a computational pipeline, available Burkholderia spp. genomes were screened to identify sRNA gene candidates. Orthologous sRNA candidates were then identified via comparative analysis. From the total prediction, 21 candidates were found to have Rfam homologs. RT-PCR and sequencing of candidate sRNA genes of unknown functions revealed six putative sRNAs which were highly conserved in Burkholderia spp. and two that were unique to B. pseudomallei present in a normal culture conditions transcriptome. The validated sRNAs include potential cis-acting elements associated with the modulation of methionine metabolism and one B. pseudomallei-specific sRNA that is expected to bind to the Hfq protein.

conclusionsThe use of the pipeline developed in this study and subsequent comparative analysis have successfully aided in the discovery and shortlisting of sRNA gene candidates for validation. This integrated approach identified 29 B. pseudomallei sRNA genes - of which 21 have Rfam homologs and 8 are novel.

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Base SequenceBurkholderiaBurkholderia pseudomalleiComputational BiologyDatabases, GeneticGenome, BacterialInternetMolecular Sequence DataNucleic Acid ConformationReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionRNA, BacterialSoftwareUser-Computer InterfaceRNA, Bacterial

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