A comparative genomics approach to DNA asymmetry

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 870, Issue , 1999, Pages 428-431

  Francino, M Pilar ^a   Ochman, Howard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CHROMOSOME; CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENOME; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0032805876     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1999.tb08919.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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