Tandem repeats in complete bacterial genome sequences: Sequence and structural analyses for comparative studies

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 150, Issue 9-10, 1999, Pages 745-754

  Yeramian, Edouard ^a   Buc, Henri ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Bacterial genome; Sequence analysis; Structural model; Tandem repeat sequence

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GENETICS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE SEQUENCE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; MOLECULAR MODEL; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TANDEM REPEAT;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEGIBACTERIA; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0033396452     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0923-2508(99)00118-7     Document Type: Article

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