Evidence for symmetric chromosomal inversions around the replication origin in bacteria

Genome Biology

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 2000, Pages

  Eisen, Jonathan A ^a   Heidelberg, John F ^a   White, Owen ^a   Salzberg, Steven L ^a  

^a J CRAIG VENTER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial Genome; Chlamydia Trachomatis; Complete Genome Sequence; Replication Origin; Tandem Duplication

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM; CHROMOSOME INVERSION; DNA REPLICATION ORIGIN; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

BACTERIA; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; INVERSION, CHROMOSOME; REPLICATION ORIGIN; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 0034568798     PISSN: 14747596     EISSN: 1474760X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/gb-2000-1-6-research0011     Document Type: Article

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