Intra-genomic 16S rRNA gene heterogeneity in cyanobacterial genomes

Fottea

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 17-24

  Engene, Niclas ^a   Gerwick, William H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Cyanobacteria; Genome; Intra genomic gene heterogeneity; Microheterogeneity

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959760433     PISSN: 18025439     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5507/fot.2011.003     Document Type: Article

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