Extreme polyploidy in a large bacterium

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

Volumn 105, Issue 18, 2008, Pages 6730-6734

  Mendell, Jennifer E ^a   Clements, Kendall D ^b   Choat, J Howard ^c   Angert, Esther R ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

dnaA; Epulopiscium; Large bacteria; Mononucleotide repeat; Polyploid

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CELL SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILOPSICIUM; EUKARYOTIC CELL; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYPLOIDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; CYTOLOGY; EVOLUTION; GENE DOSAGE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS;

ACANTHURIDAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EPULOPISCIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA;

BACTERIAL DNA;

BACTERIA; CELL SIZE; DNA, BACTERIAL; EVOLUTION; GENE DOSAGE; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYPLOIDY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 44349174783     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0707522105     Document Type: Article

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