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Recombinant plasmids containing the entire 16S RNA gene from the rrn B cistron of E. coli inserted in Col E1 and pBR322 plasmid vectors have been constructed. These plasmids have been mapped using several restriction endonucleases as well as by DNA-RNA hybridization. These maps reveal previously undetected restriction sites in the rrn B cistron and in Col E1 plasmid DNA.
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Palmer, M.L., Raker, M.A., Kennedy, P.J. et al. Isolation and restriction mapping of plasmids containing ribosomal DNA sequences from the rrn B cistron of E. coli . Molec. Gen. Genet. 172, 171–178 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00268279
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