16S ribosomal RNA

GPTKB entity

Statements (50)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:gene
RNA molecule
gptkbp:component 30S small ribosomal subunit
gptkbp:conservedIn highly conserved
gptkbp:database gptkb:NCBI
gptkb:RDP
Greengenes
SILVA
gptkbp:discoveredBy gptkb:Carl_Woese
gptkbp:encodedBy gptkb:16S_rRNA_gene
gptkbp:foundIn prokaryotes
gptkbp:function ribosome assembly
mRNA binding
decoding genetic information
gptkbp:gene gptkb:16S_rRNA
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 16S ribosomal RNA
gptkbp:interactsWith gptkb:gene
tRNA
ribosomal proteins
gptkbp:length ~1500 nucleotides
gptkbp:orthologIn 18S ribosomal RNA (eukaryotes)
gptkbp:structure secondary structure with stem-loops
gptkbp:usedFor environmental monitoring
food safety testing
environmental microbiology
biotechnology research
disease outbreak investigation
metagenomics
clinical diagnostics
microbiome analysis
antibiotic resistance studies
water quality testing
bacterial classification
bacterial taxonomy
bacterial phylogeny
archaeal phylogeny
bacterial community profiling
bacterial systematics
identifying unculturable bacteria
microbial taxonomy
studying microbial diversity
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:Sanger_sequencing
next-generation sequencing
bacterial identification
phylogenetic studies
PCR amplification
amplicon sequencing
gptkbp:variableRegions V1-V9
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:16S_rRNA_gene
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7