Evolution-driving genes

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 151, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 91-95

  Radman, Miroslav ^a   Taddei, François ^a   Matic, Ivan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Evolution; Genomic sequence; Mutation; Recombination

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GENE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULON; REVIEW; STRESS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0034090083     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0923-2508(00)00122-4     Document Type: Review

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