An intron within the 16S ribosomal RNA gene of the archaeon Pyrobaculum aerophilum.
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SUBMITTER: Burggraf S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC46125 | biostudies-other | 1993 Mar
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An intron within the 16S ribosomal RNA gene of the archaeon Pyrobaculum aerophilum.
Burggraf S S Larsen N N Woese C R CR Stetter K O KO
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 19930301 6
The 16S rRNA genes of Pyrobaculum aerophilum and Pyrobaculum islandicum were amplified by the polymerase chain reaction, and the resulting products were sequenced directly. The two organisms are closely related by this measure (over 98% similar). However, they differ in that the (lone) 16S rRNA gene of Pyrobaculum aerophilum contains a 713-bp intron not seen in the corresponding gene of Pyrobaculum islandicum. To our knowledge, this is the only intron so far reported in the small subunit rRNA ge ...[more]
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