The frequency distribution of gene family sizes in complete genomes

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 583-589

  Huynen, Martijn A ^a,b,c   Van Nimwegen, Erik ^a  

^a SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^c MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Comparative genome analysis; Gene family; Power law distribution

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE T4; CYANOBACTERIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE FREQUENCY; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; METHANOBACTERIUM; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; STATISTICAL MODEL; VACCINIA VIRUS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; METHANOBACTERIUM THERMOAUTOTROPHICUM; METHANOCOCCUS JANNASCHII; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SYNECHOCYSTIS;

EID: 0031924363     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025959     Document Type: Article

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