Wide-range distribution of insertion sequences identified in B. halodurans among bacilli and a new transposon disseminated in alkaliphilic and thermophilic bacilli

DNA Research

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 153-162

  Takami, Hideto ^a   Matsuki, Akiko ^a   Takaki, Yoshihiro ^a  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alkaliphile; Bacillus halodurans; Group II intron; IS element; Phylogenetic analysis; Transposon

Indexed keywords

TRANSPOSASE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACILLUS ALCALOPHILUS; BACILLUS HALODURANS; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; INTRON; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; TRANSPOSON; GENETICS; HEAT; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PH;

BACILLI; BACILLUS ALCALOPHILUS; BACILLUS HALODURANS; BACILLUS HALODURANS C-125; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

BACILLUS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; HEAT; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 5444271146     PISSN: 13402838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/dnares/11.3.153     Document Type: Article

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