A new technique to study RNA-RNA interactions in microbial cells has been developed by researchers from the Netherlands Institute for Systems Biology. This technique, called RNA-RNA interaction profiling (RRI), uses a combination of machine learning and deep sequencing to identify, quantify and characterize interactions between RNA molecules in cells. The RRI technique allows researchers to study the mechanisms by which RNA molecules interact, which can provide insight into how microbial cells function and respond to changes in their environment. The findings of this study could have implications for a number of different areas, including drug discovery, bioprocess engineering and tackling antibiotic resistance.

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source: Phys.org