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UV-crosslinking and high throughput sequencing of cDNAs (CRAC) of the RNA chaperone Hfq in enterohaemorhaggic E. coli

ABSTRACT: UV-crosslinking and high througput sequencing of cDNAs (CRAC) was used to map the binding sites Hfq in enterohaemorhaggic E. coli (EHEC). Hfq was tagged with a His-FLAG dual affintiy tag and UV crosslinked after growth in the MEM-HEPES media essentailly as per Granneman et al (2009) PNAS. We additionally crosslinked Hfq in non-pathogenic E. coli K12 str. MG1655 grown in LE media. Hfq-RNA complexes were purified and trimmed using RNase A/T1. RNA fragments were isolated and converted to cDNA, PCR amplified and sequenced using Illumina Solexa GAxII and HiSeq2000 platforms.

ORGANISM(S): Escherichia coli str. K-12 substr. MG1655 Escherichia coli O157:H7 str. Sakai

PROVIDER: GSE46118 | GEO | 2014/05/22

SECONDARY ACCESSION(S): PRJNA197291

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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UV-crosslinking and high throughput sequencing of cDNAs (CRAC) of the RNA chaperone Hfq in enterohaemorhaggic E. coli

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