Article
Phylogeny based on elongation factor Tu reflects the phenotypic features of mycoplasmas better than that based on 16S rRNA.
Gene - 24 May 1996
Kamla V, Henrich B, Hadding U
Abstract excerpt
A universal phylogenetic tree of organisms from all kingdoms was constructed by the use of elongation factor Tu (EF-Tu) as the marker molecule. As in the 16S ribosomal RNA (16S rRNA)-based phylogeny, the EF-Tu tree divides eukaryotes, archaebacteria, and prokaryotes into three main branches. Furthermore, the EF-Tu-based tree shows, in contrast to the 16S rRNA tree, some interesting evolutionary relationships...
Topics
- Animals
- Bacteria
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mycoplasma
- Peptide Elongation Factor Tu
- Phenotype
- Phylogeny
- RNA, Bacterial
- RNA, Ribosomal, 16S
- RNA, Ribosomal, 18S
- Ureaplasma