HIGH-FREQUENCY DELETION INVOLVING CLOSELY SPACED RIBOSOMAL-RNA GENE SETS IN STREPTOCOCCUS-THERMOPHILUS

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PEBAY, M [1 ]
ROUSSEL, Y [1 ]
SIMONET, JM [1 ]
DECARIS, B [1 ]
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[1] UNIV NANCY 1,FAC SCI,GENET & MICROBIOL LAB,BP239,F-54506 VANDOEUVRE NANCY,FRANCE
关键词
STREPTOCOCCUS-THERMOPHILUS; RRN LOCUS; GENETIC INSTABILITY; DELETION;
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10.1016/0378-1097(92)90130-G
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Q93 [微生物学];
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071005 ; 100705 ;
摘要
Homologous rDNA probes were used to study the number of rRNA genes in a five-generation genealogy of Streptococcus thermophilus CNRZ368. Whereas the CNRZ368 strain contained six rRNA loci, four independant mutants with five rrn loci were obtained. The deletion frequency was 5 x 10(-2). Molecular analysis provided identical hybridization patterns for all the deletion mutants. The deletion was shown to occur within the two close rRNA loci, rrnD and rrnE, probably due to a homologous recombination event and to give rise to a hybrid rrnD/E locus.
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