Intraspecific diversity of the 23S rRNA gene and the spacer region downstream in Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 2703-2709

  Antón, Ana I ^a   Martínez Murcia, Antonio J ^a,b   Rodríguez Valera, Francisco ^a  

^a MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RNA 16S; RNA 23S; RNA 5S; SPACER DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA DETERMINATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CLUSTER; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0345120659     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.9.2703-2709.1999     Document Type: Article

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