Analysis of stable low-molecular-weight RNA profiles of members of the family Rhizobiaceae

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1555-1559

  Velázquez, Encarna ^a   Cruz Sánchez, José María ^a   Mateos, Pedro F ^a   Martínez Molina, Eustoquio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RHIZOBIACEAE; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA SEQUENCE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TAXONOMY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; RHIZOBIACEAE;

EID: 0344015745     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.4.1555-1559.1998     Document Type: Article

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