title: Mycoplasma gallisepticum rpoA gene cluster.
abstract: Two conservative gene clusters, the S10 ribosomal protein region and one (of the two) set of rRNA genes, were split in a genome crossover rearrangement event in Mycoplasma gallisepticum. As a result of the rearrangement the major part of the S10 ribosomal protein cluster is located upstream of genes for 23S-5S rRNA (rrn23-5), but the genes infA-rpl36-rps13-rpoA-rpl17 are located immediately downstream of the isolated gene for 16S rRNA (rrn16). A new ribosomal protein cluster infA-rpl36-rps13-rpoA-rpl17-rps16-trmD-rpl19 was formed. Reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) analysis revealed that this ribosomal protein cluster is an operon.
authors.affiliation: National Cardiology Research Center, Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, 3rd Cherepkovskaya str., 15A, 121552 Moscow, Russia. skamrov@cardio.ru
authors.forename: Andrei
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Skamrov
authors.forename: Eugenia
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Feoktistova
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Goldman
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Beabealashvilli
mesh_terms: D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D020459:Genes, rRNA; D008957:Models, Genetic; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D005810:Multigene Family; D009174:Mycoplasma / Q000235:genetics*; D011995:Recombination, Genetic; D012269:Ribosomal Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D012407:rRNA Operon
chemical_list: D012269:Ribosomal Proteins; C029537:ribosomal protein S10