Bacterial diversity based on type II DNA topoisomerase genes

Annual Review of Genetics

Volumn 30, Issue , 1996, Pages 79-107

  Huang, Wai Mun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

bacterial classification; gene duplication; gyrase; PCR; topo IV

Indexed keywords

DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING);

BACTERIAL GENE; BIODIVERSITY; DNA METABOLISM; EUKARYOTE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; REVIEW;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIA; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DNA PRIMERS; DNA TOPOISOMERASES, TYPE II; GENE AMPLIFICATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0001949962     PISSN: 00664197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.genet.30.1.79     Document Type: Review

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