Gene islands integrated into tRNAGly genes confer genome diversity on a Pseudomonas aeruginosa clone

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 184, Issue 23, 2002, Pages 6665-6680

  Larbig, Karen D ^a   Christmann, Andreas ^a   Johann, André ^a   Klockgether, Jens ^a   Hartsch, Thomas ^a   Merkl, Rainer ^a   Wiehlmann, Lutz ^a   Fritz, Hans Joachim ^a   Tümmler, Burkhard ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C; MERCURY; TRANSFER RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUBACTERIUM; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HABITAT QUALITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CODON; COSMIDS; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-6; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; PROTEINS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RNA, TRANSFER, AMINO ACYL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0036889019     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.184.23.6665-6680.2002     Document Type: Article

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