Genome-wide molecular clock and horizontal gene transfer in bacterial evolution

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 19, 2004, Pages 6575-6585

  Novichkov, Pavel S ^a   Omelchenko, Marina V ^d,e   Gelfand, Mikhail S ^b,c   Mironov, Andrei A ^a   Wolf, Yuri I ^e   Koonin, Eugene V ^e  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b INSTITUTE FOR INFORMATION TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS   (Russian Federation)

^c STATE RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND SELECTION OF INDUSTRIAL MICROORGANISMS   (Russian Federation)

^d UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL GENOME; CLOSTRIDIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; MOLECULAR CLOCK; NONHUMAN; ORTHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM; FIRMICUTES; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 4544298806     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.19.6575-6585.2004     Document Type: Article

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