Towards a reconstruction of ancestral genomes by gene cluster alignment

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 473-474

  Wachtershauser, G ^a  

^a NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Evolution; Gene clusters; Ribosomal proteins

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIUM; EVOLUTION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ARCHAEA; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0032414407     PISSN: 07232020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0723-2020(98)80058-1     Document Type: Article

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