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Deep sequencing uncovers numerous small RNAs on all four replicons of the plant pathogen Agrobacterium tumefaciens
Please always quote using this URN: urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-127101
- Agrobacterium species are capable of interkingdom gene transfer between bacteria and plants. The genome of Agrobacterium tumefaciens consists of a circular and a linear chromosome, the At-plasmid and the Ti-plasmid, which harbors bacterial virulence genes required for tumor formation in plants. Little is known about promoter sequences and the small RNA (sRNA) repertoire of this and other α-proteobacteria. We used a differential RNA sequencing (dRNA-seq) approach to map transcriptional start sites of 388 annotated genes and operons. In addition,Agrobacterium species are capable of interkingdom gene transfer between bacteria and plants. The genome of Agrobacterium tumefaciens consists of a circular and a linear chromosome, the At-plasmid and the Ti-plasmid, which harbors bacterial virulence genes required for tumor formation in plants. Little is known about promoter sequences and the small RNA (sRNA) repertoire of this and other α-proteobacteria. We used a differential RNA sequencing (dRNA-seq) approach to map transcriptional start sites of 388 annotated genes and operons. In addition, a total number of 228 sRNAs was revealed from all four Agrobacterium replicons. Twenty-two of these were confirmed by independent RNA gel blot analysis and several sRNAs were differentially expressed in response to growth media, growth phase, temperature or pH. One sRNA from the Ti-plasmid was massively induced under virulence conditions. The presence of 76 cis-antisense sRNAs, two of them on the reverse strand of virulence genes, suggests considerable antisense transcription in Agrobacterium. The information gained from this study provides a valuable reservoir for an in-depth understanding of sRNA-mediated regulation of the complex physiology and infection process of Agrobacterium.…
Author: | Ina Wilms, Aaron Overlöper, Minou Nowrousian, Cynthia M. Sharma, Franz Narberhaus |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-127101 |
Document Type: | Journal article |
Faculties: | Medizinische Fakultät / Institut für Molekulare Infektionsbiologie |
Language: | English |
Parent Title (English): | RNA Biology |
Year of Completion: | 2012 |
Volume: | 9 |
Issue: | 446-457 |
Pagenumber: | 4 |
Source: | RNA Biology 9:4, 446-457; April 2012; doi:10.4161/rna.17212 |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.4161/rna.17212 |
Dewey Decimal Classification: | 5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 57 Biowissenschaften; Biologie / 572 Biochemie |
Tag: | RNA-seq; deep sequencing; plant-microbe interaction; regulatory RNA; small RNA |
Release Date: | 2016/07/15 |
Licence (German): | CC BY-NC: Creative-Commons-Lizenz: Namensnennung, Nicht kommerziell |