Replication orientation affects the rate and direction of bacterial gene evolution

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 459-463

  Tillier, Elisabeth R M ^a   Collins, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bacterial genomes; Base composition; Evolutionary force; Evolutionary rate; Replication orientation; Skews

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; GUANOSINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; CHLAMYDIA; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE REPLICATION; GENE SWITCHING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0033676887     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002390010108     Document Type: Article

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