Occurrence of introns in the 16S rRNA genes of members of the genus Thermoproteus

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 170, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 155-161

  Itoh, Takashi ^a   Suzuki, Ken Ichiro ^a   Nakase, Takashi ^a  

^a RIKEN BIORESOURCE CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

16S rRNA gene; Archaea; Hyperthermophile; Intron; LAGLI DADG like motif; Thermoproteus

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE STRUCTURE; INTRON; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEUS; RNA GENE; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENES, ARCHAEAL; INTRONS; JAPAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, ARCHAEAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RRNA OPERON; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; THERMOPROTEACEAE;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; THERMOPROTEUS; THERMOPROTEUS NEUTROPHILUS;

EID: 0031706562     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002030050628     Document Type: Article

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