Ribosomal operon intergenic sequence region (ISR) heterogeneity in Campylobacter coli and Campylobacter jejuni

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 539-545

  Meinersmann, R J ^a   Ladely, S R ^a   Lindsey, R L ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Campylobacter coli; Campylobacter jejuni; Concerted evolution; Horizontal gene transfer; Intergenic sequence region; Ribosomal operon

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; GENE TRANSFER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA;

BASE PAIRS; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CONCERTED EVOLUTION; CROSS-SPECIES; GENOMIC SEQUENCE; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; INTERGENIC SEQUENCE REGION; PCR PRIMERS; RIBOSOMAL OPERON;

GENES;

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PRIMER DNA;

BACTERIUM; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HETEROGENEITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BASE PAIRING; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; DNA ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TRANSFER; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIBOSOME; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI;

EID: 77954044506     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2010.02930.x     Document Type: Article

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