Distribution of 16S rRNA introns among the family Thermoproteaceae and their evolutionary implications

Extremophiles

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 229-233

  Itoh, Takashi ^a   Nomura, Norimichi ^b   Sako, Yoshihiko ^b  

^a RIKEN BIORESOURCE CENTER   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

16S rRNA gene; Archaea; Hyperthermophile; Intron; LAGLI DADG like motif; Thermoproteaceae

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEA; CALDIVIRGA MAQUILINGENSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PYROBACULUM; PYROBACULUM OGUNIENSE; THERMOPROTEACEAE; THERMOPROTEUS; THERMOPROTEUS SP. IC-062; VULCANISAETA DISTRIBUTA;

RNA 16S;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; INTRON; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN MOTIF; THERMOPROTEUS;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; ARCHAEA; BASE SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; THERMOPROTEACEAE;

EID: 1542754631     PISSN: 14310651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00792-003-0314-y     Document Type: Article

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