Repeated extragenic sequences in prokaryotic genomes: A proposal for the origin and dynamics of the RUP element in Streptococcus pneumoniae

Microbiology

Volumn 145, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 2647-2653

  Oggioni, Marco R ^a   Claverys, Jean Pierre ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

Chromosome rearrangements; Genetic flexibility; Intergenic regions; Repeated elements; Streptococus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; PALINDROMIC DNA; TRANSPOSASE;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; GENOME; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0032824652     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-145-10-2647     Document Type: Article

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