Characterization of the three ribosomal RNA operons rrnA, rrnB, and rrnC, from Brucella melitensis

Gene

Volumn 255, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 117-126

  Bricker, Betsy J ^a  

^a NATIONAL ANIMAL DISEASE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; 23S rRNA; 5S rRNA; Brucellosis; Intervening sequence(s); Rhizobiaceae

Indexed keywords

RIBONUCLEASE III; RIBOSOME RNA; TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BASE SEQUENCE; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; OPERON; PHYSICAL CHROMOSOME MAPPING; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 23S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 5S; RNA, TRANSFER, ALA; RNA, TRANSFER, ILE; RNA, TRANSFER, MET; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0034609440     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(00)00273-0     Document Type: Article

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