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J Christopher Ellis, James W Brown

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J Christopher Ellis: Department of Microbiology, North Carolina State University, Campus Box 7615, Raleigh, NC 27695-7615, USA.

PMID: 14559179 DOI: 10.1016/j.tibs.2003.08.002

Recently, an unusual gene structure has been described in species of the genus Thermus, in which the rpmH (ribosomal protein L34) coding sequence was found to be entirely overlapped by the unusually large rnpA (RNase P protein subunit) sequence. Gene overlap is common in viruses, but has not been seen to this extent in any bacterium.

GM52894/NIGMS NIH HHS

Bacteria

Base Sequence

Escherichia coli

Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial

Genome, Bacterial

Models, Genetic

Molecular Sequence Data

Ribonuclease P

Ribosomal Proteins

Thermus thermophilus

Ribosomal Proteins

ribosomal protein L34

Ribonuclease P

Journal Article Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. Review

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