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. 1984 Jul;159(1):407–409. doi: 10.1128/jb.159.1.407-409.1984

Two tuf genes in the cyanobacterium Spirulina platensis.

O Tiboni, G Di Pasquale, O Ciferri
PMCID: PMC215649  PMID: 6330044

Abstract

Probes derived from the tufA gene of Escherichia coli have been utilized to detect homologous sequences on Spirulina platensis DNA. A 6-kilobase-pair fragment of S. platensis DNA appears to contain two sequences homologous to the E. coli gene. Thus, as reported for gram-negative bacteria, the cyanobacterium presumably contains two tuf genes.

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