Gene context conservation of a higher order than operons

Trends in Biochemical Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 474-479

  Lathe III, Warren C ^a,b   Snel, Berend ^a   Bork, Peer ^a,b  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^b MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; ELONGATION FACTOR; RIBOSOME PROTEIN; RIBOSOME RNA;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; GENE CLUSTER; GENE ORDER; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA TRANSLATION; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0034306448     PISSN: 09680004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0968-0004(00)01663-7     Document Type: Note

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