Phylogenetic, amino acid content and indel analyses of the β subunit of DNA-dependent RNA polymerase of Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1477-1484

  Morse, Robert ^a   O'Hanlon, Karen ^a   Collins, Matthew D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DNA dependent RNA polymerase; Gram positive bacteria; Phylogeny; Rifampicin resistance; RpoB gene

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AMINO ACID; ASPARAGINE; BACTERIAL DNA; CYTOSINE; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; GUANINE; RIFAMPICIN;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BETA CHAIN; CLOSTRIDIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CONTENT; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; LEUCONOSTOC; LISTERIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PORPHYROMONAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACIDS; BASE COMPOSITION; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RIFAMPIN; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE DELETION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

BACILLI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIA; CLOSTRIDIUM; INSERTION SEQUENCES; LEUCONOSTOC; LISTERIA; NEGIBACTERIA; PORPHYROMONAS; PORPHYROMONAS CANGINGIVALIS; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; WEISSELLA; WEISSELLA PARAMESENTEROIDES;

EID: 0036739151     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.02159-0     Document Type: Article

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