Shared strategies in gene organization among prokaryotes and eukaryotes

Cell

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 407-413

  Lawrence, Jeffrey G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUKARYOTE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; REVIEW;

EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0037162695     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(02)00900-5     Document Type: Review

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