Technique for simultaneous study of small RNA of bacteria and host cells reveals changes to both transcript profiles
Thursday, January 21, 2016 - 09:53
in Biology & Nature
(Phys.org)—A team of researchers with members from Germany, Austria and the U.S. has found that using a technique that allows for studying small RNA of both bacteria and a host during an infection, can reveal changes to the transcript profiles of both of them. In their paper published in the journal Nature, the team describes their technique, why it is useful in learning more about how bacterial infections work and what they found in their study. Matthias Machner and Gisela Storz, with the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, offer a News & Views piece on the work done by the team in the same journal issue.