Genomic repeats, genome plasticity and the dynamics of Mycoplasma evolution

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 2031-2042

  Rocha, Eduardo P C ^a,b   Blanchard, Alain ^c  

^a Atelier de BioInformatique   (France)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; EPITOPE; NUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOINFORMATICS; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME SIZE; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; MYCOPLASMA PULMONIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); INSERTION SEQUENCES; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; MYCOPLASMA PULMONIS; MYCOPLASMATALES; PROKARYOTA; TRANSPOSONS; UREAPLASMA; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM;

EID: 0036567258     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/30.9.2031     Document Type: Article

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