A comparative categorization of gene flux in diverse microbial species

Genomics

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 462-475

  Wiezer, Arnim ^a,c   Merkl, Rainer ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^c QIAGEN GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

COG database; Gene flux; Genomic islands; Horizontal gene transfer; Lateral gene transfer; Xenologous genes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC CODE; GENOME; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOMIC ISLAND; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; LISTERIA; METHANOSARCINA; MICROBIAL GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOBIALES; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; CODON; DATABASES, GENETIC; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENOME, ARCHAEAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOMIC ISLANDS; LISTERIA; METHANOSARCINACEAE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA; LISTERIA; METHANOSARCINA; METHANOSARCINACEAE; RHIZOBIALES; THERMUS; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 33644502889     PISSN: 08887543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygeno.2005.05.014     Document Type: Article

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