Marine picocyanobacteria of the genera Prochlorococcus and Synechococcus numerically
dominate the picophytoplankton of the world ocean, making a key contribution to global …

An RNA structure prediction from a single‐sequence RNA folding program is not evidence
for an RNA whose structure is important for function. Random sequences have plausible …

Many functional RNAs have an evolutionarily conserved secondary structure. Conservation
of RNA base pairing induces pairwise covariations in sequence alignments. We developed …

Abstract Background Structured noncoding RNAs perform many functions that are essential
for protein synthesis, RNA processing, and gene regulation. Structured RNAs can be …

RNAz is a widely used software package for de novo detection of structured noncoding
RNAs in comparative genomics data. Four years of experience have not only demonstrated …

Functional RNA elements do not encode proteins, but rather function directly as RNAs. Many
different types of RNAs play important roles in a wide range of cellular processes, including …

Background Diverse bacterial genomes encode numerous small non-coding RNAs (sRNAs)
that regulate myriad biological processes. While bioinformatic algorithms have proven …

This paper will exemplify molecular communications in the rhizosphere, especially between
plants and bacteria, and between bacteria and bacteria. More specifically, we describe …

Small noncoding RNAs (sRNAs), often in conjunction with Hfq protein, have increasingly
been shown to regulate multiple rather than individual mRNAs, thereby reprogramming …

The past decade has seen an explosion in discovery of small, non‐coding RNAs in all
organisms. As functions for many of the small RNAs have been identified, it has become …