Microeconomic principles explain an optimal genome size in bacteria

Trends in Genetics

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 21-25

  Ranea, Juan A G ^a   Grant, Alastair ^a   Thornton, Janet M ^b   Orengo, Christine A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BIOTECHNOLOGY; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC MODEL; GENOME SIZE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROTEIN FAMILY; REGULATOR GENE; REVIEW;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 13144268590     PISSN: 01689525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tig.2004.11.014     Document Type: Short Survey

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