Molecular evolution of the Escherichia coli chromosome. VI. Two regions of high effective recombination

Genetics

Volumn 163, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 475-483

  Milkman, Roger ^a,b   Jaeger, Erich ^c   McBride, Ryan D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b MC6038 ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PODIATRIC MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; O ANTIGEN; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CHROMOSOME VARIANT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA TRANSFER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOST; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HYDRO-LYASES; O ANTIGENS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; VARIATION (GENETICS);

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

EID: 0037296470     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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