Evolutionary dynamics of full genome content in Escherichia coli

EMBO Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 24, 2000, Pages 6637-6643

  Ochman, H ^a   Jones, I B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial chromosomes; Deletions; Escherichia coli; Genome evolution; Lateral gene transfer

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; GENE LOSS; GENE TRANSFER; GENEALOGY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE DELETION; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; OPEN READING FRAMES; PHYLOGENY; SALMONELLA; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

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

EID: 0034671796     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/19.24.6637     Document Type: Article

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