Diversity of 23S rRNA Genes within Individual Prokaryotic Genomes
Anna Pei, Carlos W. Nossa, Pooja Chokshi et al. · 2009
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Description
Anna Pei and colleagues checked a basic fact about bacterial genes in a 2009 PLOS ONE study. Genes for ribosomal RNA sit at the heart of how cells build proteins. Workers had long assumed that all copies of these genes inside one genome are much the same.
Using whole genome data, the team compared the copies of one such gene within single prokaryotic genomes. They found more variety between copies than the old view allowed. That variety matters because these genes are often used to name species and build family trees, and hidden differences can skew those results.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Anna Pei, Carlos W. Nossa, Pooja Chokshi et al. |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2009 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 37 KB |
| LICENSE | Creative Commons CC0 License |
| RIGHTS | CC0 |
| SOURCE | PLOS ONE |
Source: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0005437