Aerobiosis increases the genomic guanine plus cytosine content (GC%) in prokaryotes

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 260-264

  Naya, Hugo ^a   Romero, Héctor ^a,b   Zavala, Alejandro ^a   Alvarez, Beatriz ^a   Musto, Héctor ^a  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Uruguay)

^b Facultad de Ciencias   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Genomic G + C content; Mutational bias; Natural selection; Prokaryotes; Reactive oxygen species

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE; PYRIMIDINE NUCLEOTIDE; DNA; DNA FORMAMIDOPYRIMIDINE GLYCOSYLASE; DNA GLYCOSYLASE MUTY; DNA GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; GLYCOSIDASE; GUANINE;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PROKARYOTE; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROKARYOTIC CELL; THERMODYNAMICS;

AEROBIOSIS; ARCHAEA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY; BASE COMPOSITION; CYTOSINE; DNA; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GUANINE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION; N-GLYCOSYL HYDROLASES; PROKARYOTIC CELLS; SELECTION (GENETICS); SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; THERMODYNAMICS; DNA GLYCOSYLASES; DNA-FORMAMIDOPYRIMIDINE GLYCOSYLASE;

PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0037008836     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-002-2323-3     Document Type: Article

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