Rates and consequences of recombination between rRNA operons

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 966-972

  Hashimoto, Joel G ^a,b   Stevenson, Bradley S ^a   Schmidt, Thomas M ^a  

^a Michigan State University ^*  (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; COMPLEX FORMATION; DNA FLANKING REGION; EVOLUTION; GENE CASSETTE; GENE CONVERSION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA GENE; RNA SEQUENCE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; MUTATION; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 23S; RRNA OPERON;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0037309169     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.3.966-972.2003     Document Type: Article

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