Heterogeneity between 16S ribosomal RNA gene copies borne by one Desulfitobacterium strain is caused by different 100-200 bp insertions in the 5′ region

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 116-128

  Villemur, Richard ^a   Constant, Philippe ^a   Gauthier, Annie ^a,b   Shareck, Martine ^a   Beaudet, Réjean ^a  

^a INRS INSTITUT ARMAND FRAPPIER   (Canada)

^b CIRION BioPharma Research   (Canada)

Author keywords

16S ribosomal RNA genes; Desulfitobacterium; Fluorescence in situ hybridization; Gene insertions; Heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENZYME KINETICS; GENES; RNA;

16S RIBOSOMAL RNA GENES; DESULFITOBACTERIUM; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE INSERTIONS;

CLONING;

RNA 16S;

BACTERIUM; ELECTROKINESIS; GENE; HETEROGENEITY; HYBRIDIZATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DESULFITOBACTERIUM; DESULFITOBACTERIUM CHLORORESPIRANS; DESULFITOBACTERIUM DEHALOGENANS; DESULFITOBACTERIUM HAFNIENSE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

DESULFITOBACTERIUM; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DESULFITOBACTERIUM; DESULFITOBACTERIUM CHLORORESPIRANS; DESULFITOBACTERIUM DEHALOGENANS; DESULFITOBACTERIUM HAFNIENSE; DESULFITOBACTERIUM SP.;

EID: 34247392753     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/W06-111     Document Type: Article

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