Protein sequences of linked genes are highly conserved in two bacterial species

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1343-1345

  Theodosiou, T ^a   Iliopoulos, I ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Comparitive genomics; Gene order conservation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

BACTERIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSERVATION GENETICS; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; PROTEIN; RECOMBINATION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CHEMISTRY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, BACTERIAL; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 33745184210     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2006.01093.x     Document Type: Article

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