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ArticleThe EMBO journal2017

Small RNA interactome of pathogenic E. coli revealed through crosslinking of RNase E.

Shafagh A Waters, Sean P McAteer, Grzegorz Kudla, Ignatius Pang, Nandan P Deshpande, Timothy G Amos, Kai Wen Leong, Marc R Wilkins, Richard Strugnell, David L Gally and 2 more

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Article in The EMBO journal, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 109 papers.

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109citing papers in PubMed
12.4field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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109 citing papers in PubMed, 180 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Shafagh A WatersSchool of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Sean P McAteerThe Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
Grzegorz KudlaMRC Human Genetic Unit, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-7924-2744
Ignatius PangSchool of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Nandan P DeshpandeSchool of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Timothy G AmosSchool of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Kai Wen LeongPeter Doherty Institute, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Marc R WilkinsSchool of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Richard StrugnellPeter Doherty Institute, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
David L GallyThe Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
David TollerveyWellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK j.tree@unsw.edu.au d.tollervey@ed.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0003-2894-2772
Jai J TreeSchool of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia j.tree@unsw.edu.au d.tollervey@ed.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0001-8233-0975
UNSW Sydney · AURoslin Institute · GBThe University of Melbourne · AUInstitute of Genetics and Cancer · GBWellcome Centre for Cell Biology · GB

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/J004227/1Medical Research Council MC_UU_12018/23Wellcome Trust 077248Wellcome Trust 092076Wellcome Trust 097383Wellcome Trust WT090231MA
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

RNA sequencing studies have identified hundreds of non-coding RNAs in bacteria, including regulatory small RNA (sRNA). However, our understanding of sRNA function has lagged behind their identification due to a lack of tools for the high-throughput analysis of RNA-RNA interactions in bacteria. Here we demonstrate that in vivo sRNA-mRNA duplexes can be recovered using UV-crosslinking, ligation and sequencing of hybrids (CLASH). Many sRNAs recruit the endoribonuclease, RNase E, to facilitate processing of mRNAs. We were able to recover base-paired sRNA-mRNA duplexes in association with RNase E, allowing proximity-dependent ligation and sequencing of cognate sRNA-mRNA pairs as chimeric reads. We verified that this approach captures bona fide sRNA-mRNA interactions. Clustering analyses identified novel sRNA seed regions and sets of potentially co-regulated target mRNAs. We identified multiple mRNA targets for the pathotype-specific sRNA Esr41, which was shown to regulate colicin sensitivity and iron transport in E. coli Numerous sRNA interactions were also identified with non-coding RNAs, including sRNAs and tRNAs, demonstrating the high complexity of the sRNA interactome.

Indexed as

Gene Expression Regulation, BacterialEndoribonucleasesEscherichia coliProtein BindingRNA, MessengerRNA, Small UntranslatedSequence Analysis, DNAEndoribonucleasesribonuclease ERNA, MessengerRNA, Small UntranslatedCLIP‐SeqCRACEHECenterohaemorrhagic E. colinon‐coding RNA

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PMID27836995
PMCPMC5286369
OpenAlexW2551442348

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