INTEINS IN MYCOBACTERIAL GYRA ARE A TAXONOMIC CHARACTER

Authors
SANDER P ALCAIDE F RICHTER I FRISCHKORN K TORTOLI E SPRINGER B TELENTI A BOTTGER EC
Citation
P. Sander et al., INTEINS IN MYCOBACTERIAL GYRA ARE A TAXONOMIC CHARACTER, Microbiology, 144, 1998, pp. 589-591
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
Journal title
Microbiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
13500872
Volume
144
Year of publication
1998
Part
2
Pages
589 - 591
Database
ISI
SICI code
1350-0872(1998)144:<589:IIMGAA>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
The A subunit of DNA gyrase in mycobacteria is frequently subjected to splicing events as its gene, gyrA, harbours an insertion encoding an intein. Investigation of a number of different isolates of Mycobacteri um kansasii, Mycobacterium malmoense, Mycobacterium marinum, Mycobacte rium ulcerans and Mycobacterium xenopi demonstrated that the presence of GyrA inteins is not random but a taxonomic character specific for a given taxon at a species or subspecies level.