DNA segments carrying rRNA genes of Mycoplasma capricolum have been cloned and characterized by restriction endonuclease mapping, DNA-RNA hybridization and nucleotide sequencing. The M. capricolum genome has two sets of rRNA gene clusters, where the arrangement is in the order of (5')16S-23S-5S(3').
The number of ribosomal RNA genes in Mycoplasma capricolum
โ Scribed by Sawada, Makoto ;Osawa, Syozo ;Kobayashi, Hideki ;Hori, Hiroshi ;Muto, Akira
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1981
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 225 KB
- Volume
- 182
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0026-8925
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โฆ Synopsis
We have examined the number of rRNA genes in Mycoplasma capricolum (KID) by hybridization of Bg/II-, EcoRI- and Xbal-digests of DNA to [3'-32P] 16S, 23S and 5S rRNAs according to the Southern procedure (1975). All the restriction gels gave two radioactive bands with three kinds of rRNA. Furthermore, band positions were indistinguishable from one another when 16S, 23S and 5S rRNAs were used as probes, indicating that each band contains sequences corresponding to the 3'-termini of 16S, 23S and 5S rRNAs. It is thus concluded that Mycoplasma capricolum chromosome carries at least two sets of genes for 16S, 23S and 5S rRNAs.
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