The replication-related organization of bacterial genomes

Microbiology

Volumn 150, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1609-1627

  Rocha, Eduardo P C ^a,b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA POLYMERASE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL DIVISION; CELL FUNCTION; CHROMOSOME REPLICATION; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC SELECTION; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; MYCOPLASMA CAPRICOLUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYROCOCCUS ABYSSI; REVIEW; SALMONELLA; STREPTOMYCES COELICOLOR;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 3142679507     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.26974-0     Document Type: Review

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