Leaner and meaner genomes in Escherichia coli

Genome Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2006, Pages

  Ussery, David W ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN;

BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; ELECTROPORATION; ENDOSYMBIOSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI K 12; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENOME ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MOLECULAR SIZE; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PSEUDOGENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SHORT SURVEY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHROMOSOME MAP; GENETICS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12;

CHROMOSOME MAPPING; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MODELS, GENETIC;

EID: 33750811169     PISSN: 1474760X     EISSN: 1474760X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/gb-2006-7-10-237     Document Type: Short Survey

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