Eukaryotic genes in Mycobacterium tuberculosis? Possible alternative explanations

Trends in Genetics

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 687-689

  Kinsella, Rhoda J ^a   McInerney, James O ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA BASE; EUKARYOTE; GENE TRANSFER; LETTER; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EUKARYOTA; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0345724810     PISSN: 01689525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tig.2003.10.001     Document Type: Letter

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