Detecting horizontally transferred and essential genes based on dinucleotide relative abundance

DNA Research

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 267-276

  Baran, Robert H ^a   Hanseok, K O ^a  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Amelioration; Dinucleotide frequency; Essential genes; Horizontal transfer; Molecular evolution

Indexed keywords

DINUCLEOTIDE; NUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; CELL HETEROGENEITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESSENTIAL GENE; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; GENE; GENE TRANSFER; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; BACTERIUM; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; ESCHERICHIA COLI K 12; GENETICS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BACTERIA; BASE COMPOSITION; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL;

EID: 56049115597     PISSN: 13402838     EISSN: 17561663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/dnares/dsn021     Document Type: Article

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