Evolutionary implications of microbial genome tetranucleotide frequency biases

Genome Research

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 145-156

  Pride, David T ^a,b   Meinersmann, Richard J ^d   Wassenaar, Trudy M ^e   Blaser, Martin J ^b,c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S; ARCHAEAL DNA; ARCHAEAL RNA; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL RNA; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIOPHAGE; CHROMOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MICROBIAL GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGENY; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROKARYOTE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENOME; CHROMOSOME MAP; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETICS; GENOME; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; METHODOLOGY; SPIROCHAETA; STATISTICS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); INSERTION SEQUENCES; PROKARYOTA; TRANSPOSONS; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, ARCHAEAL; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, ARCHAEAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENOME, ARCHAEAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PHYLOGENY; PLASMIDS; RNA, ARCHAEAL; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SPIROCHAETA;

EID: 0037315735     PISSN: 10889051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gr.335003     Document Type: Article

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