Polypurine.polypyrimidine sequences in complete bacterial genomes: Preference for polypurines in protein-coding regions

Gene

Volumn 242, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 275-283

  Raghavan, Sowmya ^a   Hariharan, Ramesh ^b   Brahmachari, Samir K ^b,c  

^a CSIR Centre for Mathematical Modelling and Computer Simulation   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^c CSIR INSTITUTE OF GENOMICS AND INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Cis regulation; Codon usage; Comparative genomics; Repeat sequence; Triplex

Indexed keywords

PURINE DERIVATIVE; PYRIMIDINE DERIVATIVE; TRINUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; CODON; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CODON; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; PURINES; PYRIMIDINES;

AQUIFEX AEOLICUS; ARCHAEA; ARCHAEOGLOBUS FULGIDUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; METHANOBACTERIUM; METHANOCALDOCOCCUS JANNASCHII; METHANOCOCCUS; METHANOTHERMOBACTER THERMAUTOTROPHICUS; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PROKARYOTA; PYROCOCCUS HORIKOSHII; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA PROWAZEKII; SYNECHOCYSTIS; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP.; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 0033955794     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(99)00505-3     Document Type: Article

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