Distinct types of rRNA operons exist in the genome of the actinomycete Thermomonospora chromogena and evidence for horizontal transfer of an entire rRNA operon

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 17, 1999, Pages 5201-5209

  Wai Ho, Yap ^a   Zhang, Zhenshui ^a   Wang, Yue ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOTIDE; RIBOSOME RNA;

ACTINOBACTERIA; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE TRANSFER; GENOME; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; THERMOMONOSPORA;

THERMOMONOSPORA CHROMOGENA;

EID: 0032835111     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.17.5201-5209.1999     Document Type: Article

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