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SUBMITTER: Everett KD
PROVIDER: S-EPMC93955 | biostudies-literature | 1999 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Everett K D KD Kahane S S Bush R M RM Friedman M G MG
Journal of bacteriology 19990801 16
Chlamydia was the only genus in the order Chlamydiales until the recent characterization of Simkania negevensis Z(T) and Parachlamydia acanthamoebae strains. The present study of Chlamydiales 23S ribosomal DNA (rDNA) focuses on a naturally occurring group I intron in the I-CpaI target site of 23S rDNA from S. negevensis. The intron, SnLSU. 1, belonged to the IB4 structural subgroup and was most closely related to large ribosomal subunit introns that express single-motif, LAGLIDADG endonucleases ...[more]