Dinucleotide compositional analysis of Sinorhizobium meliloti using the genome signature: Distinguishing chromosomes and plasmids

Functional and Integrative Genomics

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 274-281

  Wong, Kim ^a   Finan, Turlough M ^a   Golding, G Brian ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dinucleotide composition; Genome signature

Indexed keywords

DINUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENOME; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPLICON; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROTEOBACTERIA; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

GENOME, BACTERIAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 0141988460     PISSN: 1438793X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10142-002-0068-0     Document Type: Article

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