Conservation of gene order amongst cell wall and cell division genes in Eubacteria, and ribosomal genes in Eubacteria and Eukaryotic organelles

Genetica

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-7

  Nikolaichik, Yevgeny A ^a   Donachie, William D ^b  

^a BELARUSIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (Belarus)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ancestral gene order; Conservation of order; Lateral transfer

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL CELL; CELL CYCLE PROTEIN; CELL DIVISION; CELL ORGANELLE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC LINKAGE;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; CELL WALL; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; GENES, BACTERIAL; MULTIGENE FAMILY; ORGANELLES; RIBOSOMES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0034533748     PISSN: 00166707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1004077806910     Document Type: Article

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