Genomics of bacteria and archaea: The emerging dynamic view of the prokaryotic world

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 36, Issue 21, 2008, Pages 6688-6719

  Koonin, Eugene V ^a   Wolf, Yuri I ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GENOME; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; COMPARTMENT MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOSS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOME SIZE; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; ORTHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENES, ARCHAEAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOME, ARCHAEAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOMICS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA;

EID: 57149085868     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkn668     Document Type: Article

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