Universal replication biases in bacteria

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 11-16

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

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; NUCLEOTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; CHROMOSOME REPLICATION; CODON; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0032910674     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01334.x     Document Type: Article

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