Visualization of ribosomal RNA operon copy number distribution
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rrndb: the Ribosomal RNA Operon Copy Number Database
The Ribosomal RNA Operon Copy Number Database (rrndb) is an Internet-accessible database containing annotated information on rRNA operon copy number among prokaryotes. Gene redundancy is uncommon in prokaryotic genomes, yet the rRNA genes can vary from one to as many as 15 copies. Despite the widespread use of 16S rRNA gene sequences for identification of prokaryotes, information on the number ...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Microbiology
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1471-2180
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-9-208