Global features of sequences of bacterial chromosomes, plasmids and phages revealed by analysis of oligonucleotide usage patterns

BMC Bioinformatics

Volumn 5, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Reva, Oleg N ^a   Tümmler, Burkhard ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL CHROMOSOMES; BACTERIAL GENOMES; GENOME ORGANIZATION; MONONUCLEOTIDES; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE FREQUENCIES; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; USAGE PATTERNS; XYLELLA FASTIDIOSA;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOPHAGES; DNA; DNA SEQUENCES; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES;

GENES;

BACTERIAL DNA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIOPHAGE; DNA STRAND; DNA STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PLASMID; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; XYLELLA FASTIDIOSA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFORMATION; CYANOBACTERIUM; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; VIROLOGY; XYLELLA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROCHLOROCOCCUS MARINUS; XYLELLA FASTIDIOSA; XYLELLA FASTIDIOSA 9A5C;

BACTERIOPHAGES; BASE COMPOSITION; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; CYANOBACTERIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, VIRAL; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME, BACTERIAL; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; PLASMIDS; XYLELLA;

EID: 13244279471     PISSN: 14712105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2105-5-90     Document Type: Article

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