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Molecular biology of Mycoplasma.
Wiener klinische Wochenschrift - 8 Aug 1997
Christiansen G, Jensen L T, Boesen T, Emmersen J, Ladefoged S A, Schiøtz L K, Birkelund S
Abstract excerpt
Mycoplasmas are the smallest free living microorganisms with the smallest genome. The G+C content is in general low (25-33%) and the coding capacity is about 600 proteins. Mycoplasma species are phylogenetically related, they use the genetic codon UGA for tryptophan, and show rapid evolution, with a high rate of divergence. The genomes of Mycoplasma genitalium and Mycoplasma pneumoniae have been fully sequenced....
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