Intragenomic base content variation is a potential source of biases when searching for horizontally transferred genes [4]

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1838-1840

  Guindon, S ^a   Perriere G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Codon usage; DNA repair mechanism; G+C variation; Horizontal gene transfer

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT;

BACTERIUM; CODON USAGE; DNA REPAIR; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; LETTER; NONHUMAN;

EID: 0034882455     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a003972     Document Type: Letter

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