In search of the minimal Escherichia coli genome

Trends in Microbiology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 6-8

  Smalley, Darren J ^a   Whiteley, Marvin ^a   Conway, Tyrrell ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; GENE PRODUCT;

BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI K 12; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME; GENOME ANALYSIS; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0037235290     PISSN: 0966842X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0966-842X(02)00008-2     Document Type: Short Survey

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