Comparison of the small 16S to 23S intergenic spacer region (ISR) of the rRNA operons of some Escherichia coli strains of the ECOR collection and E. coli K-12

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 21, 1996, Pages 6374-6377

  García Martínez, Jesús ^a,b   Martínez Murcia, Antonio ^a   Antón, Ana Isabel ^a   Rodríguez Valera, Francisco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CISTRON; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0029957951     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.21.6374-6377.1996     Document Type: Article

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