16S-23S and 23S-5S intergenic spacer regions of lactobacilli: Nucleotide sequence, secondary structure and comparative analysis

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 149, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 433-448

  Nour, M ^a  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Lactobacillus, rrn Operon, Spacer region, tRNA; PCR, Identification, Phylogenesis

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOTIDE; RIBOSOME DNA; RIBOSOME RNA; TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; LACTOBACILLUS CURVATUS; LACTOBACILLUS DELBRUECKII; LACTOBACILLUS HELVETICUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LACTOBACILLI CASEI; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; LACTOBACILLUS CURVATUS; LACTOBACILLUS DELBRUECKII; LACTOBACILLUS DELBRUECKII SUBSP. BULGARICUS; LACTOBACILLUS HELVETICUS; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0032104409     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0923-2508(98)80326-4     Document Type: Article

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