Conserved gene clusters in bacterial genomes provide further support for the primacy of RNA

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 467-472

  Siefert, Janet L ^a   Martin, Kirt A ^a   Abdi, Fadi ^a   Widger, William R ^a   Fox, George E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene regulation; Genomics; Progenote; RNA world

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CYANOBACTERIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CLUSTER; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; METHANOBACTERIUM; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; RNA ANALYSIS;

NASA DISCIPLINE EXOBIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER;

ARCHAEA; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BASE SEQUENCE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; CYANOBACTERIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MYCOPLASMA; RNA, BACTERIAL;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; METHANOBACTERIUM; METHANOCALDOCOCCUS JANNASCHII; METHANOCOCCUS; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP. PCC 6803;

EID: 0030732137     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00006251     Document Type: Article

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