Phylogenetic analysis of the 16S-23S rRNA intergenic spacer regions of the genus Ureaplasma

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 191-195

  Harasawa, Ryô ^a   Lefkowitz, Elliot J ^b   Glass, John I ^b   Cassell, Gail H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

Phylogeny; rRNA; Spacer; Ureaplasma

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; UREAPLASMA;

PRIMER DNA; RNA 16S; RNA 23S;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; CAT; CATTLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFORMATION; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; GENETICS; HUMAN; INTRON; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; UREAPLASMA; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIRDS; CATS; CATTLE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; HUMANS; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 23S; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; UREAPLASMA; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM;

EID: 0030100217     PISSN: 09167250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1292/jvms.58.191     Document Type: Article

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