SMALL SUBUNIT RIBOSOMAL-RNA OF BLASTOMYCES-DERMATITIDIS - SEQUENCE AND PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS

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作者
GEBER, A
HIGGINS, DE
WATERS, AP
BENNETT, JE
MCCUTCHAN, TF
机构
[1] NIAID, PARASIT DIS LAB, BETHESDA, MD 20892 USA
[2] EUROPEAN MOLEC BIOL LAB, W-6900 HEIDELBERG, GERMANY
[3] LEIDEN UNIV, PARASITOL LAB, 2300 RC LEIDEN, NETHERLANDS
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JOURNAL OF GENERAL MICROBIOLOGY | 1992年 / 138卷
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10.1099/00221287-138-2-395
中图分类号
Q93 [微生物学];
学科分类号
071005 ; 100705 ;
摘要
We determined the small subunit (18S) ribosomal RNA sequence of the dimorphic fungus Blastomyces dermatitidis. The sequence was compared to that of fourteen other eukaryotic organisms, ten of which were higher fungi, and an evolutionary tree was constructed based on these sequences. B. dermatitidis aligned most closely with the Ascomycetes Neurospora crassa and Podospora anserina, in agreement with previous phylogenetic analysis based on morphological criteria. Phase-specific cDNA clones derived by reverse transcription of RNA isolated from the yeast and mycelial phases of B. dermatitidis were also sequenced. The 18S ribosome sequence was found to be the same in both phases. Heterogeneity was found at both the genomic and RNA level at position 1352.
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页码:395 / 399
页数:5
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