Identification of a Small RNA within the pdh gene cluster of Mycoplasma pneumoniae and Mycoplasma genitalium

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 3281-3284

  Göhlmann, Hinrich W H ^a   Weiner III, January ^a   Schön, Astrid ^a,b   Herrmann, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA;

ARTICLE; GENE ISOLATION; GENE LOCATION; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; RNA ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PYRUVATE DEHYDROGENASE COMPLEX; RNA, BACTERIAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0034072990     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.11.3281-3284.2000     Document Type: Article

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