Fragmentation of 23S rRNA in strains of Proteus and Providencia results from intervening sequences in the rrn (rRNA) genes

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1109-1117

  Miller, Wayne L ^a,b   Pabbaraju, Kanti ^a   Sanderson, Kenneth E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBONUCLEASE III; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TRANSFER; INTRON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEUS; PROVIDENCIA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; YERSINIA;

BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GENES, RRNA; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEUS; PROVIDENCIA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 23S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CITROBACTER; ENTEROBACTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; PROVIDENCIA; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE 187; TYPHIMURIUM; YERSINIA;

EID: 0033972926     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.4.1109-1117.2000     Document Type: Article

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