The search for essential genes

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 151, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 319-324

  Reich, Karl A ^a  

^a ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomous growth; Bacterial genome; Essentiality

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE SEQUENCE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0033948394     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0923-2508(00)00153-4     Document Type: Review

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