Comparative genomics of mycoplasmas

Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 109, Issue 14-15, 1997, Pages 551-556

  Razin, Shmuel ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

comparative genomics; genome sequences; minimal cell; mycoplasmas; reductive evolution

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; EVOLUTION; MODEL; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MYCOPLASMA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

ANIMALS; DNA REPLICATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0030748739     PISSN: 00435325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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