Horizontal gene transfer of zinc and non-zinc forms of bacterial ribosomal protein S4

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The universal ribosomal protein S4 is essential for the initiation of small subunit ribosomal assembly and translational accuracy. Being part of the information processing machinery of the cell, the gene for S4 is generally thought o...

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Main Authors: Luthey-Schulten Zaida, Roberts Elijah, Chen Ke
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2009-07-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/9/179