Evidence for strong selective constraint acting on the nucleotide composition of 16S ribosomal RNA genes

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 2501-2507

  Wang, Huai Chun ^a   Hickey, Donal A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; CYTOSINE; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; GUANINE; NUCLEOTIDE; PURINE; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC SELECTION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA GENE; RNA STABILITY; RNA STRUCTURE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0036606141     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/30.11.2501     Document Type: Article

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