Patterns of sequence divergence in 5′ intergenic spacers and linked coding regions in 10 species of pathogenic bacteria reveal distinct recombinational histories

Genetics

Volumn 168, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1795-1803

  Hughes, Austin L ^a   Friedman, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SPACER DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GENOME; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

BACTERIA; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, INTERGENIC; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE FREQUENCY; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; PROKARYOTA; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

EID: 11244292387     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.104.032979     Document Type: Article

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