Cloning and sequencing of a 16S/23S ribosomal spacer from Haemophilus parainfluenzae reveals an invariant, mosaic-like organisation of sequence blocks

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 164, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 289-294

  Privitera, Angela ^a   Rappazzo, Giancarlo ^a   Sangari, Paola ^a   Gianninò, Viviana ^a   Licciardello, Lidia ^a   Stefani, Stefania ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Haemophilus parainfluenzae; Mosaic structure; Polymerase chain reaction ribotyping; Ribosomal spacer; Sequence analysis; tRNA(Glu)

Indexed keywords

SPACER DNA;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; GENE SEQUENCE; HAEMOPHILUS PARAINFLUENZAE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; HAEMOPHILUS; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 23S; RNA, TRANSFER, GLU; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ACTINOBACILLUS; HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HAEMOPHILUS PARAINFLUENZAE;

EID: 0032527846     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(98)00228-6     Document Type: Article

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