A genome-based approach for the identification of essential bacterial genes

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 851-856

  Arigoni, Fabrizio ^a,b   Talabot, Francois ^a,b   Peitsch, Manuel ^a,c   Edgerton, Michael D ^a,b   Meldrum, Eric ^a,d   Allet, Elisabeth ^a,b   Fish, Richard ^a,e   Jamotte, Therese ^a,b   Curchod, Marie Laure ^a,b   Loferer, Hannes ^a,f  

^a GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

^b SERONO PHARMACEUTICAL RES INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c GlaxoSmithKline   (Switzerland)

^d Cellular Science   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

^f Genome Pharmaceuticals Corporation   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bioinformatics; Functional genomics

Indexed keywords

DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENOME; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0031784044     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nbt0998-851     Document Type: Article

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