Biased distribution of DNA uptake sequences towards genome maintenance genes

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 1050-1058

  Davidsen, Tonje ^a   Rødland, Einar A ^a   Lagesen, Karin ^a   Seeberg, Erling ^a   Rognes, Torbjørn ^a,b   Tønjum, Tone ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA MODIFICATION; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; DNA RESTRICTION; DNA SEQUENCE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC STABILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTOXICITY; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MUTATOR GENE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PASTEURELLA MULTOCIDA; PATHOGENESIS; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES; STRESS; BACTERIAL GENE; CHEMISTRY; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; NEISSERIA; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HAEMOPHILUS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PASTEURELLA; PASTEURELLA MULTOCIDA;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; NEISSERIA; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

EID: 2342487277     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkh255     Document Type: Article

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