Molecular analysis of the ribosomal L11 protein gene (rplK = relC) of Streptomyces griseus and identification of a deletion allele

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 255, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 549-560

  Kawamoto, S ^a   Zhang, D ^a   Ochi, K ^a  

^a NATIONAL FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Deletion mutation; Ribosomal protein; rplK (= relC) gene; Streptomyces griseus; Stringent response

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; GUANOSINE PHOSPHATE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; RIBOSOME PROTEIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ALLELE; ANTIBIOTIC BIOSYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL SPORE; CELL LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE MUTATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MYCELIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SCREENING; STREPTOMYCES GRISEUS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GENETIC VECTORS; GUANOSINE TETRAPHOSPHATE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION MAPPING; RIBOSOMAL PROTEINS; SEQUENCE DELETION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; STREPTOMYCES GRISEUS; STREPTOMYCIN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOMYCES GRISEUS;

EID: 0030775035     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050528     Document Type: Article

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