Comparative analysis of essential genes and nonessential genes in Escherichia coli K12

Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Volumn 279, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 87-94

  Gong, Xiaodong ^a,b   Fan, Shaohua ^a   Bilderbeck, Amy ^c   Li, Mingkun ^a   Pang, Hongxia ^a   Tao, Shiheng ^a  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF HEBEI   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amino acid usage; Essential genes; Evolutionary conservation; Nonessential genes; Protein length

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SCREENING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESSENTIAL GENE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREDICTION; PRESERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACIDS; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, BACTERIAL; MODELS, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 36949020293     PISSN: 16174615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00438-007-0298-x     Document Type: Article

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