RIL-seq analysis of MG1655 Escherichia coli experiencing long-term nitrogen starvation in Gutnick minimal media
RNA interaction by ligation and sequencing (RIL-seq) was carried out to compare the Hfq-RNA-RNA interactome of  MG1655 E coli bacteria that grown in Gutnick minimal media. Wild-type and hfq::3xFLAG tagged K12 E.coli were grown in Gutnick minimal media with 3mM NH4Cl as the sole nitrogen source, and cell samples were taken during exponential growth (N+), ~20min following N-runout and induction of growth arrest (N-), 24hr following N-runout and induction of growth arrest (N-24) and 2hr following addition of NH4Cl to N-24 cells (N-24+2). All sampling was performed in triplicate for each strain and condition