Structure and organization of the rrnD operon of 'Brevibacterium latofermentum': Analysis of the 16S rRNA gene

Microbiology

Volumn 145, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 915-924

  Amador, Eladio ^a   Castro, José M ^a   Correia, Antonio ^b   Martín, Juan F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Clusters; Corynebacteria; Expression; rRNA; Sigma factor

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BREVIBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; COSMID; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA GENE; RNA SEQUENCE;

BREVIBACTERIUM LACTOFERMENTUM; BREVIBACTERIUM LINENS; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM LACTOFERMENTUM;

EID: 0032957492     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/13500872-145-4-915     Document Type: Article

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