Gene amplification and genomic plasticity in prokaryotes

Annual Review of Genetics

Volumn 31, Issue , 1997, Pages 91-111

  Romero, David ^a   Palacios, Rafael ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS FÍSICAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Amplicons; Genome structure; Rearrangements; Repeated DNA sequences

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BACTERIAL MUTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVOLUTION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; REVIEW; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; PROKARYOTIC CELLS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0031468083     PISSN: 00664197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.genet.31.1.91     Document Type: Review

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