Distribution of centromere-like parS sites in bacteria: Insights from comparative genomics

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 23, 2007, Pages 8693-8703

  Livny, Jonathan ^a   Yamaichi, Yoshiharu ^a   Waldor, Matthew K ^a,b  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BINDING SITE; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIA; BASE SEQUENCE; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOMICS; PHYLOGENY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 36749031086     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01239-07     Document Type: Article

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