Uneven distribution of GATC motifs in the Escherichia coli chromosome, its plasmids and its phages

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 257, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 574-585

  Henaut A ^a   Rouxel, T ^a   Gleizes, A ^b   Moszer, I ^c   Danchin, A ^c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b Genomic   (France)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Anaerobic growth; FNR; Genome; Statistics; Tetranucleotides

Indexed keywords

NUCLEIC ACID BINDING PROTEIN;

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIOPHAGE; BINDING SITE; CHROMOSOME; CODON USAGE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA REPAIR; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENOME; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0343586537     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0186     Document Type: Article

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