Copy number of ribosomal operons in prokaryotes and its effect on phylogenetic analyses

Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 389-402

  Tourova, T P ^a  

^a RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

16S rRNA genes; Multiple copies; Phylogenetic analysis; Ribosomal operons

Indexed keywords

INSERTION SEQUENCES; PROKARYOTA; TRANSPOSONS;

EID: 3542994534     PISSN: 00262617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025045919260     Document Type: Review

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