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We have cloned and determined the nucleotide sequence of 18 DNA fragments hybridizing to 5S rRNA from twoAspergillus species-A. wentii andA. awamori. Four of the analyzed sequences were pseudogenes. The gene sequences of these two species were very similar and differed fromAspergillus nidulans at both constant and microheterogeneous sites.
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Gniadkowski, M., Fiett, J., Borsuk, P. et al. Structure and evolution of 5S rRNA genes and pseudogenes in the genusAspergillus . J Mol Evol 33, 175–178 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02193632
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02193632