Characterization of mononucleotide repeats in sequenced prokaryotic genomes

DNA Research

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 221-233

  Coenye, Tom ^a   Vandamme, Peter ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Comparative genomics; Genome evolution; Mononucleotide repeats; Simple sequence repeats

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; MONONUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROKARYOTE; PROKARYOTIC CELL; TANDEM REPEAT; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

BASE SEQUENCE; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA;

EID: 33646560923     PISSN: 13402838     EISSN: 13402838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/dnares/dsi009     Document Type: Article

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