Primary and secondary structures of rRNA spacer regions in enterococci

Microbiology

Volumn 143, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 823-834

  Naïmi, Afaf ^a   Beck, Geneviève ^a   Branlant, Christiane ^a  

^a Biopôle de l Université de Lorraine   (France)

Author keywords

16S 23S rRNA spacer; 23S 5S rRNA spacer; Enterococci; tRNA(Ala)

Indexed keywords

ALANINE TRANSFER RNA; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 16S; RNA 23S; RNA 5S; SPACER DNA; TRINUCLEOTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENE MUTATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 1842415377     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-143-3-823     Document Type: Article

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