Alignment and phylogenetic analysis of type II DNA topoisomerases

Journal of Biosciences

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 613-629

  Madhusudan, K ^a   Nagaraja, V ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

DNA gyrase; Multiple alignment; Phylogenetic trees; Type II DNA topoisomerases

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000990555     PISSN: 02505991     EISSN: 02505991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02703140     Document Type: Article

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