Ribosomal RNA (rrn) operons in Streptococcus mutans and nucleotide sequence of tRNA(Pro) gene associated with rrnB

Oral Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 227-230

  Novak J ^a   Shah, G R ^a   Zhu, Y ^a   Caufield, P W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Molecular genetics; Ribosomal RNA operon; Streptococcus mutans

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031214670     PISSN: 09020055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-302X.1997.tb00383.x     Document Type: Article

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