RNase III deficient Salmonella typhimurium LT2 contains intervening sequences (IVSs) in its 23S rRNA

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 159, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 179-185

  Mattatall, Neil R ^a,b   Sanderson, Kenneth E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

23S rRNA; Inter species transduction; Intervening sequence; RNase III; Salmonella typhimurium

Indexed keywords

RIBONUCLEASE III; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; INTRON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOSOME; RNA SEQUENCE; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; EXORIBONUCLEASES; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 23S; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; NEGIBACTERIA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TYPHIMURIUM; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0032519898     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00564-8     Document Type: Article

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