Bacterial features in the genome of Methanococcus jannaschii in terms of gene composition and biased base composition in ORFs and their surrounding regions

Gene

Volumn 205, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 7-18

  Watanabea, Hidemi ^a,c   Gojobori, Takashi ^a   Miura, Kin Ichiro ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

^b GAKUSHUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial features; Base composition; Gene composition; Methanococcus jannaschii

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; CHIMERA; CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME; METHANOBACTERIUM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA TRANSLATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

BASE COMPOSITION; CHROMOSOMES, ARCHAEAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOME, FUNGAL; METHANOCOCCUS; OPEN READING FRAMES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; METHANOBACTERIUM; METHANOCALDOCOCCUS JANNASCHII; METHANOCOCCUS; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0031593156     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(97)00517-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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