Compositional biases of bacterial genomes and evolutionary implications

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 3899-3913

  Karlin, Samuel ^a   Mrázek, Jan ^a   Campbell, Allan M ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; EVOLUTION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANABAENA; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HALOBACTERIA; METHANOCALDOCOCCUS JANNASCHII; METHANOCOCCUS; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; PROTEOBACTERIA; PYROBACULUM AEROPHILUM; SULFOLOBUS; SULFOLOBUS SP.; SYNECHOCOCCUS; SYNECHOCYSTIS; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP.;

EID: 1842332701     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.12.3899-3913.1997     Document Type: Article

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