Predictions of gene family distributions in microbial genomes: Evolution by gene duplication and modification

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 85, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 2641-2644

  Yanai, Itai ^a   Camacho, Carlos J ^a   DeLisi, Charles ^a  

^a Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROORGANISMS;

GENE DUPLICATION; GENOMIC SEQUENCES; MICROBIAL GENOMES;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENOME; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DUPLICATION; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE DUPLICATION; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MODELS, GENETIC; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION;

EID: 0034683244     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.85.2641     Document Type: Article

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