Genome evolution in cyanobacteria: The stable core and the variable shell

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2510-2515

  Shi, Tuo ^a,b   Falkowski, Paul G ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene family; Horizontal (lateral) gene transfer; Nitrogen fixation; Oxygenic photosynthesis

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GENOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; GENE CLUSTER; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC STABILITY; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; MACROMOLECULE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGENY; PRINCIPAL COORDINATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN LIPID INTERACTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS;

CYANOBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CYANOBACTERIA; GENOME, BACTERIAL; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 40649083066     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0711165105     Document Type: Article

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