Evolution of bacterial genomes

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 265-270

  Trevors, J T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bacteria; DNA; Evolution; Genome; RNA

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; NUCLEIC ACID; PLASMID DNA; RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM; DNA REPLICATION; EVOLUTION; GENOME; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA VIRUS; VIRUS;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; EVOLUTION; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GUANAZOLE; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PEPTIDES; PLASMIDS; RNA, BACTERIAL; VIRUSES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 0030901954     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1000123216769     Document Type: Article

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