Variable copy number, intra-genomic heterogeneities and lateral transfers of the 16S rRNA gene in Pseudomonas

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Bodilis, Josselin ^a   Nsigue Meilo, Sandrine ^a   Besaury, Ludovic ^a   Quillet, Laurent ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S; RNA 23S; BACTERIAL RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENOME SIZE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PHYLOGENY; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; PSEUDOMONAS MENDOCINA; PSEUDOMONAS STUTZERI; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TANDEM REPEAT; BACTERIAL GENE; GENE DOSAGE; GENETICS; RNA GENE;

GENE DOSAGE; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, RRNA; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; PHYLOGENY; PSEUDOMONAS; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RRNA OPERON;

EID: 84860124422     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0035647     Document Type: Article

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