Inference from proteobacterial operons shows piecewise organization: A reply to Price et al.

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 577-580

  Fani, R ^a   Brilli, M ^a   Lio P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GENE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE FUSION; GENE ORDER; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; LETTER; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PHYLOGENY; PROTEOBACTERIA; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

FEEDBACK, BIOCHEMICAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE FUSION; GENE ORDER; OPERON; PHYLOGENY; PROTEOBACTERIA; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 33750228767     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-006-0074-2     Document Type: Letter

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