Phylogenetic analysis of the family Thermaceae with an emphasis on signature position and secondary structure of 16S rRNA

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 221, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 293-298

  Chen, Chaoyin ^a   Zhao, Shenglan ^b   Ben, Kunlong ^c  

^a KUNMING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b YUNNAN UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^c KUNMING INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Secondary structure; Signature position; Thermacea

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; RNA 16S; BACTERIAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; GENE DELETION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; THERMACEAE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CONFORMATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM;

THERMACEAE;

DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0142093973     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(03)00219-2     Document Type: Article

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