Dichotomy of major bacterial phyla inferred from gene arrangement comparisons

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 239, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 367-375

  Kunisawa, Takashi ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacterial evolution; Cladistic method; Gene order; Genomic sequence data; Phylogenetic analysis

Indexed keywords

RNA POLYMERASE; SIGMA FACTOR;

BACTERIUM;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CLADISTICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE ORDER; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PHYLUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA GENE;

BACTERIA; BASE SEQUENCE; DATABASES, GENETIC; EVOLUTION; GENE ORDER; GENES, BACTERIAL; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; PHYLOGENY; PROTEOBACTERIA; RNA, BACTERIAL;

AQUIFEX; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDES; CHLOROBI; CHLOROFLEXI; CHLOROFLEXI (CLASS); DEINOCOCCUS-THERMUS; FUSOBACTERIA; PLANCTOMYCETES; POSIBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA; THERMOTOGA;

EID: 33644907541     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2005.08.004     Document Type: Article

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