Comparison of conserved structural and regulatory domains within divergent 16S rRNA-23S rRNA spacer sequences of cyanobacteria

Microbiology

Volumn 146, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1275-1286

  Iteman, Isabelle ^a   Rippka, Rosmarie ^a   De Marsac, Nicole Tandeau ^a   Herdman, Michael ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Antitermination; Cyanobacterium; ITS; rRNA; Transfer RNA

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 16S; RNA 23S; TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CYANOBACTERIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; NOSTOC; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; CYANOPHORA PARADOXA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; NOSTOC; NOSTOC SP.; NOSTOC SP. PCC 7120; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0034129537     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-146-6-1275     Document Type: Article

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