Comparative study of overlapping genes in bacteria, with special reference to Rickettsia prowazekii and Rickettsia conorii

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1205-1209

  Sakharkar, Kishore R ^a   Sakharkar, Meena K ^b   Verma, Chandra ^a   Chow, Vincent T K ^c  

^a BIOINFORMATICS INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOME SIZE; LIFESTYLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RICKETTSIA CONORII; RICKETTSIA PROWAZEKII; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES COMPARISON;

BUCHNERA; CHLAMYDIA; CLOSTRIDIUM; EVOLUTION; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, OVERLAPPING; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MYCOPLASMA; RICKETTSIA CONORII; RICKETTSIA PROWAZEKII; SELECTION (GENETICS);

RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA CONORII; RICKETTSIA PROWAZEKII;

EID: 19544372124     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.63446-0     Document Type: Article

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