Same-strand overlapping genes in bacteria: Compositional determinants of phase bias

Biology Direct

Volumn 3, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Sabath, Niv ^a   Graur, Dan ^a   Landan, Giddy ^a  

^a University of Houston   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE; GENETICS; START CODON; STOP CODON;

BASE COMPOSITION; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CODON, INITIATOR; CODON, TERMINATOR; DNA, BACTERIAL; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, OVERLAPPING; GENOME, BACTERIAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 52649156551     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456150     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6150-3-36     Document Type: Review

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