Methods for comparing sources of strand compositional asymmetry in microbial chromosomes

DNA Research

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 85-95

  Baran, Robert H ^a   Ko, Hanseok ^b   Jernigan, Robert W ^c  

^a Genostat   (United States)

^b Korea University   (South Korea)

^c AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Base composition; Comparative genomics; DNA replication and repair; GC skew; Transcription

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; GUANINE;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; CHLAMYDIA; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE GENOMICS; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; DNA LEADER STRAND; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; DNA STRAND; ESCHERICHIA COLI K 12; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOMICS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MICROBIAL CHROMOSOME; MICROBIAL GENETICS; MYCOPLASMA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RNA TRANSLATION; SKEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE;

BASE COMPOSITION; CHROMOSOMES, ARCHAEAL; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; DNA, ARCHAEAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; GENOMICS; REPLICATION ORIGIN; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMATALES; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0042814847     PISSN: 13402838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/dnares/10.3.85     Document Type: Article

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