Selfish operons and speciation by gene transfer

Trends in Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 355-359

  Lawrence, Jeffrey G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENE; FACILITATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; METABOLIC REGULATION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OPERON; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0030809629     PISSN: 0966842X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0966-842X(97)01110-4     Document Type: Review

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