TY - JOUR
T1 - Extracellular DNA and RNA produced by a marine photosynthetic bacterium Rhodovulum sulfidophilum.
AU - Nishimura, Seiichiro
AU - Tanaka, Terumichi
AU - Fujita, Kyoko
AU - Itaya, Mitsuhiro
AU - Hiraishi, Akira
AU - Kikuchi, Y.
PY - 2003
Y1 - 2003
N2 - A marine photosynthetic bacterium Rhodovulum sulfidophilum secretes nucleic acids that are involved in flocculating ability. These extracellular nucleic acids have not been well characterized. Here, we have analyzed these nucleic acids and revealed that the extracellular nucleic acids are a mixture of double-stranded DNAs and single-stranded RNAs. The DNAs have sizes of more than 30 kbp and at least a part of these DNAs is probably an amplified portion of genomic DNA. The RNAs seems to be tRNA like molecules from size estimation.
AB - A marine photosynthetic bacterium Rhodovulum sulfidophilum secretes nucleic acids that are involved in flocculating ability. These extracellular nucleic acids have not been well characterized. Here, we have analyzed these nucleic acids and revealed that the extracellular nucleic acids are a mixture of double-stranded DNAs and single-stranded RNAs. The DNAs have sizes of more than 30 kbp and at least a part of these DNAs is probably an amplified portion of genomic DNA. The RNAs seems to be tRNA like molecules from size estimation.
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U2 - 10.1093/nass/3.1.279
DO - 10.1093/nass/3.1.279
M3 - Article
C2 - 14510489
AN - SCOPUS:0142212261
SP - 279
EP - 280
JO - Nucleic acids research. Supplement (2001)
JF - Nucleic acids research. Supplement (2001)
IS - 3
ER -
