Characterization of Paenibacillus popilliae rRNA operons

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 779-791

  Dingman, Douglas W ^a  

^a Connecticut Agric Exp Station ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Milky disease; Paenibacillus; rrn operon; rRNA; tRNA

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERIZATION; CHROMOSOMES; ELECTROPHORESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GELS; GENES; NUCLEIC ACIDS;

NUCLEOTIDES; OPERONS; PAENIBACILLUS POPILLIAE; PULSED-FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

MICROORGANISMS;

ALANINE TRANSFER RNA; ISOLEUCINE TRANSFER RNA; MESSENGER RNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

MICROBIOLOGY;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE LOCATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PAENIBACILLUS; PAENIBACILLUS POPILLIAE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RNA TRANSLATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE ORDER; GENES, RRNA; GRAM-POSITIVE ENDOSPORE-FORMING BACTERIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 23S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 5S; RRNA OPERON;

EID: 14344260237     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/w04-068     Document Type: Article

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