Lessons from an evolving rRNA: 16S and 23S rRNA structures from a comparative perspective

Microbiological Reviews

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 1994, Pages 10-26

  Gutell, Robin R ^a   Larsen, Niels ^b   Woese, Carl R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

BACTERIAL GENETICS; BASE PAIRING; DATA BASE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUBACTERIUM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; REVIEW; RNA SEQUENCE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0028261409     PISSN: 01460749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mmbr.58.1.10-26.1994     Document Type: Review

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