@article{mbs:/content/journal/micro/10.1099/00221287-144-2-589, author = "Sander, Peter and Alcaide, Fernando and Richter, Ingeborg and Frischkorn, Klaus and Tortoli, Enrico and Springer, Burkhard and Telenti, Amalio and Böttger, Erik C.", title = "Inteins in mycobacterial GyrA are a taxonomic character", journal= "Microbiology", year = "1998", volume = "144", number = "2", pages = "589-591", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/00221287-144-2-589", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/micro/10.1099/00221287-144-2-589", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "1465-2080", type = "Journal Article", keywords = "GyrA", keywords = "intein", keywords = "Mycobacterium kansasii", keywords = "mycobacteria", abstract = "The A subunit of DNA gyrase in mycobacteria is frequently subjected to splicing events as its gene, gyrA, harbours an insertion encoding an intein. Investigation of a number of different isolates of Mycobacterium kansasii, Mycobacterium malmoense, Mycobacterium marinum, Mycobacterium ulcerans and Mycobacterium xenopi demonstrated that the presence of GyrA inteins is not random but a taxonomic character specific for a given taxon at a species or subspecies level.", }