Polyadenylylation in mycobacteria: Evidence for oligo(dT)-primed cDNA synthesis

Microbiology

Volumn 146, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 633-638

  Adilakshmi, Tadepalli ^a   Ayling, Peter D ^a   Ratledge, Colin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fluorescein 11 dUTP; mRNA; Mycobacteria; Oligo d(T); Polyadenylylation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL RNA; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; DNA SYNTHESIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM VACCAE; NONHUMAN; POLYADENYLATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS BCG; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM VACCAE; PROKARYOTA; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0034015252     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-146-3-633     Document Type: Article

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