Determination of the core of a minimal bacterial gene set

Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 518-537

  Gil, Rosario ^a,b   Silva, Francisco J ^a,b   Peretó, Juli ^a,b   Moya, Andrés ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL RNA; LIPID; PENTOSE PHOSPHATE;

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CELL DIVISION; CELL SHAPE; CELL STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA METABOLISM; DNA MODIFICATION; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; GLUCONEOGENESIS; GLYCOLYSIS; LIPOGENESIS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE METABOLISM; PENTOSE PHOSPHATE CYCLE; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN SECRETION; REVIEW; RNA DEGRADATION; RNA METABOLISM; RNA TRANSLATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRESS;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA;

EID: 4544371669     PISSN: 10922172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MMBR.68.3.518-537.2004     Document Type: Review

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