G+C3 structuring along the genome: A common feature in prokaryotes

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 471-483

  Daubin, Vincent ^a   Perrière, Guy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Complete genome; Evolutionary rate; G+C content; Lateral transfer; Mutation pressure

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; CYTOSINE; GUANINE; THYMIDINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENOME; CODON; DNA INTEGRATION; DNA STRAND; EVOLUTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PROKARYOTE; RNA TRANSLATION;

BASE COMPOSITION; CODON; DNA REPLICATION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME, BACTERIAL; PROKARYOTIC CELLS; SELECTION (GENETICS); VARIATION (GENETICS);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0037390641     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msg022     Document Type: Article

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