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ArticleNucleic acids research2014

Transcriptional landscape and essential genes of Neisseria gonorrhoeae.

Christian W Remmele, Yibo Xian, Marco Albrecht, Michaela Faulstich, Martin Fraunholz, Elisabeth Heinrichs, Marcus T Dittrich, Tobias Müller, Richard Reinhardt, Thomas Rudel

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Article in Nucleic acids research, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 70 papers.

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70citing papers in PubMed
6.3field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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70 citing papers in PubMed, 105 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Christian W RemmeleDepartment of Bioinformatics, University of Würzburg, 97074 Würzburg, Germany.
Yibo XianDepartment of Microbiology, University of Würzburg, 97074 Würzburg, Germany.
Marco AlbrechtDepartment of Microbiology, University of Würzburg, 97074 Würzburg, Germany.
Michaela FaulstichDepartment of Microbiology, University of Würzburg, 97074 Würzburg, Germany.
Martin FraunholzDepartment of Microbiology, University of Würzburg, 97074 Würzburg, Germany.
Elisabeth HeinrichsDepartment of Microbiology, University of Würzburg, 97074 Würzburg, Germany.
Marcus T DittrichDepartment of Bioinformatics, University of Würzburg, 97074 Würzburg, Germany.
Tobias MüllerDepartment of Bioinformatics, University of Würzburg, 97074 Würzburg, Germany.
Richard ReinhardtMax Planck-Genome-centre Cologne at MPI for Plant Breeding Research, 50829 Cologne, Germany.
Thomas RudelDepartment of Microbiology, University of Würzburg, 97074 Würzburg, Germany thomas.rudel@biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de.
University of Würzburg · DEMax Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research · DE

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The WHO has recently classified Neisseria gonorrhoeae as a super-bacterium due to the rapid spread of antibiotic resistant derivatives and an overall dramatic increase in infection incidences. Genome sequencing has identified potential genes, however, little is known about the transcriptional organization and the presence of non-coding RNAs in gonococci. We performed RNA sequencing to define the transcriptome and the transcriptional start sites of all gonococcal genes and operons. Numerous new transcripts including 253 potentially non-coding RNAs transcribed from intergenic regions or antisense to coding genes were identified. Strikingly, strong antisense transcription was detected for the phase-variable opa genes coding for a family of adhesins and invasins in pathogenic Neisseria, that may have regulatory functions. Based on the defined transcriptional start sites, promoter motifs were identified. We further generated and sequenced a high density Tn5 transposon library to predict a core of 827 gonococcal essential genes, 133 of which have no known function. Our combined RNA-Seq and Tn-Seq approach establishes a detailed map of gonococcal genes and defines the first core set of essential gonococcal genes.

Indexed as

Genes, BacterialTranscriptomeGenes, EssentialNeisseria gonorrhoeaePromoter Regions, GeneticRiboswitchRNA, AntisenseRNA, UntranslatedTranscription Initiation SiteRiboswitchRNA, AntisenseRNA, Untranslated

Identifiers

PMID25143534
PMCPMC4176332
OpenAlexW2117832633

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