Evolutionary instability of operon structures disclosed by sequence comparisons of complete microbial genomes

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 332-346

  Itoh, Takeshi ^a,b   Takemoto, Keiko ^c   Mori, Hirotada ^a   Gojobort, Takashi ^b  

^a NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Complete genome; Genome structure; Insertion sequence; Operon

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE INSERTION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC STABILITY; MICROBIAL GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0033058895     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a026114     Document Type: Article

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