Molecular characterization of the full-length 23S and 5S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) genes of taylorella asinigenitalis

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 257-264

  Tazumi, Akihiro ^a   Saito, Satoru ^a   Sekizuka, Tsuyoshi ^a   Murayama, Ohoshi ^a   Takamiya, Shinzaburo ^b   Moore, John E ^c   Millar, B Cherie ^c   Matsuda, Motoo ^a  

^a AZABU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c BELFAST CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Proteobacteria; 23SrRNA gene IVS; Full length 23S and 5S rRNA genes; Intervening sequence; PCR; Taylorella asinigenitalis

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; PLASMID DNA; RNA 23S; RNA 5S; TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA LIBRARY; EUBACTERIUM; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOMBINANT PLASMID; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TANDEM REPEAT; TAYLORELLA ASINIGENITALIS; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION;

BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 23S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 5S; TAYLORELLA;

BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; TAYLORELLA ASINIGENITALIS;

EID: 34447339613     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10482-007-9144-8     Document Type: Article

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