Microbial genome evolution: Sources of variability

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 506-512

  Mira, Alex ^a   Klasson, Lisa ^a   Andersson, Siv G E ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; NUCLEOTIDE; RNA;

BACTERIAL GENOME; EVOLUTION; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; GENE ORDER; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE TRANSLOCATION; GENETIC STABILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; REVIEW;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); INSERTION SEQUENCES; UNIDENTIFIED INSERTION SEQUENCE;

EID: 0036790007     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-5274(02)00358-2     Document Type: Review

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