Lateral gene transfer: When will adolescence end?

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 739-749

  Lawrence, Jeffrey G ^a   Hendrickson, Heather ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIUM; EVOLUTION; GENE SEQUENCE; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SHORT SURVEY;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; PHYLOGENY; RIBOSOMAL PROTEINS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0242490943     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03778.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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