Crossover hot-spot instigator (Chi) sequences in Escherichia coli occupy distinct recombination/transcription islands

Gene

Volumn 243, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 47-57

  Lao, P J ^a   Forsdyke, D R ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Base composition; Chargaff differences; Chi sequences; Deinococcus radiodurans; Recombination transcription islands; Szybalski's transcription direction rule; Thermophilic bacteria

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CROSSING OVER; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

BASE COMPOSITION; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA REPLICATION; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GC RICH SEQUENCE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; METHANOCOCCUS; OPEN READING FRAMES; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0033983656     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(99)00564-8     Document Type: Article

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