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The gene locus of the 30s ribosomal protein S20 of Bacillus subtilis was mapped in the str-region at the right side of S5 gene. The gene order was cysA-str(S12)-ery(50D)-[spc(S5); 50G]-S20-.
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Osawa, S. Gene locus of a 30s ribosomal protein S20 of Bacillus subtilis . Molec. Gen. Genet. 144, 49–51 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00277303
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