Codon bias and base composition are poor indicators of horizontally transferred genes

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 404-412

  Koski, Liisa B ^a   Morton, Richard A ^a   Golding, G Brian ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Codon bias; Escherichia coli; Horizontal gene transfer

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; CODON; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTION; GENE TRANSFER; GENOME; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENY; SALMONELLA TYPHI;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; SALMONELLA TYPHI;

EID: 0035099964     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a003816     Document Type: Article

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