Horizontal gene transfer in glycosyl hydrolases inferred from codon usage in Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1125-1134

  Garcia Vallvé, Santiago ^a   Palau, Jaume ^a   Romeu, Antoni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; Codon usage; Complete genome; Escherichia coli; Glycosyl hydrolases; Horizontal gene transfer; Pearson linear correlation coefficient

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSIDASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CODON; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0032870331     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a026203     Document Type: Article

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