Two distinct mechanisms cause heterogeneity of 16S rRNA

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 78-82

  Ueda, Kumiko ^a,e   Seki, Tatsuji ^a   Kudo, Takuji ^b   Yoshida, Toshiomi ^a   Kataoka, Masakazu ^a,c,d  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b RIKEN BIORESOURCE CENTER   (Japan)

^c MITSUBISHI KASEI INST OF LIFE SCI   (Japan)

^d Mitsubishi Kagaku Institute of Life Sciences   (Japan)

^e Institute for Fermentation Osaka   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; DNA REPLICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA GENE; RNA STRUCTURE; STREPTOMYCES;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); FUNGI; MYXOGASTRIA; STREPTOMYCES; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0032902755     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.1.78-82.1999     Document Type: Article

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