Replication-associated purine asymmetry may contribute to strand-biased gene distribution

Genomics

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 186-194

  Hu, Jianfei ^a,b,c   Zhao, Xiaoqian ^b   Yu, Jun ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

subunit gene; Coding sequence; DNA polymerase III; DnaE; Open reading frame; PolC; Purine asymmetry; Strand biased gene distribution

Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE GAMMA; HETERODIMER; PURINE;

ALPHA CHAIN; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPLICATION; DNA STRAND; FIRMICUTES; GENE REPLICATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENOME; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA POLYMERASE III; DNA REPLICATION; DNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; PURINES;

FIRMICUTES; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 34447108347     PISSN: 08887543     EISSN: 10898646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygeno.2007.04.002     Document Type: Article

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