Evolution of minimal-gene-sets in host-dependent bacteria

Trends in Microbiology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 37-43

  Klasson, Lisa ^a   Andersson, Siv G E ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APHID; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GENOME; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA REPAIR; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPERIMENT; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE REPLICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC STABILITY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOMICS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HOST SELECTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA TRANSLATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SYMBIONT;

APHIDIDAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0347990454     PISSN: 0966842X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2003.11.006     Document Type: Review

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