Sporadic distribution of tRNA(CCU)/(Arg) introns among α-purple bacteria: Evidence for horizontal transmission and transposition of a group I intron

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 1049-1053

  Paquin, Bruno ^a,b   Heinfling, Annette ^a,c   Shub, David A ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; GENE SEQUENCE; INTRON; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA; PROKARYOTA; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 0032948726     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.3.1049-1053.1999     Document Type: Article

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