A new method for assessing the effect of replication on DNA base composition asymmetry

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2169-2179

  Necşulea, Anamaria ^a   Lobry, Jean R ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Bacterial genomes; DNA base composition asymmetry; Origin of replication; Replication induced mutation bias; Transcription orientation

Indexed keywords

DNA; DNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE ALPHA;

ALPHA CHAIN; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CODON; CODON USAGE; COMPUTER MODEL; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRAND; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE REPLICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

BASE COMPOSITION; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOMES, ARCHAEAL; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DNA; DNA REPLICATION; MODELS, GENETIC; PROKARYOTIC CELLS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA;

EID: 35348860808     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msm148     Document Type: Article

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