A novel tRNA-associated locus (trl) from Helicobacter pylori is co-transcribed with tRNA(Gly) reveals genetic diversity

Microbiology

Volumn 145, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1289-1298

  Dundon, William G ^a,c   Marshall, David G ^a   Moráin, Colm A Ó ^b   Smyth, Cyril J ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b ADELAIDE AND MEATH HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arbitrarily primed PCR; Diversity; Horizontal transfer; tRNA

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GLYCINE TRANSFER RNA; TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; DNA PROBE; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HELICOBACTER PYLORI; NEGIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE 187;

EID: 0033011932     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/13500872-145-6-1289     Document Type: Article

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