Gene content and organization of an 85-kb DNA segment from the genome of the phytopathogenic mollicute Spiroplasma kunkelii

Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Volumn 269, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 592-602

  Zhao, Y ^a   Hammond, R W ^a   Jomantiene, R ^a,b   Dally, E L ^a   Lee, I M ^a   Jia, H ^c   Wu, H ^c   Lin, S ^c   Zhang, P ^c   Kenton, S ^c   Najar, F Z ^c   Hua, A ^c   Roe, B A ^c   Fletcher, J ^d   Davis, R E ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Lithuania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^d OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ABC type transporter; Genome sequence; Phase variation; Ribosomal protein; Spiroplasma kunkelii

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL METABOLISM; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GENOME; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; ORTHOLOGY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SPIROPLASMA; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

BASE SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CODON; DNA REPLICATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEOTIDES; PHYSICAL CHROMOSOME MAPPING; RIBOSOMAL PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPIROPLASMA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; MOLLICUTES; PROKARYOTA; SPIROPLASMA; SPIROPLASMA KUNKELII; ZEA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0041829218     PISSN: 16174615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00438-003-0878-3     Document Type: Article

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