Salmonella typhi contains identical intervening sequences in all seven rrl genes

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 17, 1996, Pages 5323-5326

  Mattatall, Neil R ^a   Daines, Dayle A ^a,b   Liu, Shu Lin ^a   Sanderson, Kenneth E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CONVERSION; GENE SEQUENCE; INTRON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA TYPHI;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SALMONELLA TYPHI;

EID: 0029811917     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.17.5323-5326.1996     Document Type: Article

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