High guanine-cytosine content is not an adaptation to high temperature: A comparative analysis amongst prokaryotes

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 268, Issue 1466, 2001, Pages 493-497

  Hurst, L D ^a   Merchant, A R ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

GC content; Genome evolution; Isochores; Thermal adaptation

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; CYTOSINE; DNA; GUANINE; RNA; THYMINE;

ARTICLE; CODON; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EUBACTERIUM; EVOLUTION; EXON; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; ISOCHORE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE ACCLIMATIZATION; THERMOSTABILITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0035819839     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2000.1397     Document Type: Article

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