Analysis of long repeats in bacterial genomes reveals alternative evolutionary mechanisms in Bacillus subtilis and other competent prokaryotes

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1219-1230

  Rocha, Eduardo P C ^a,b   Danchin, Antoine ^b   Viari, Alain ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; Competence; DNA repeats; Horizontal transfer; Integration; Prokaryotes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCUS; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ARCHAEA; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0032843459     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a026212     Document Type: Article

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