Base composition skews, replication orientation, and gene orientation in 12 prokaryote genomes

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 691-696

  McLean, Michael J ^a   Wolfe, Kenneth H ^a   Devine, Kevin M ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Base composition; Gene orientation; Prokaryote genomes; Replication orientation; Skews

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CODON; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PROKARYOTE; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

ARCHAEA; BASE COMPOSITION; DNA REPLICATION; DNA, ARCHAEAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME; GENOME, BACTERIAL; REPLICATION ORIGIN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; PROKARYOTA; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 0032417093     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00006428     Document Type: Article

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