Recurring cluster and operon assembly for Phenylacetate degradation genes

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Martin, Fergal J ^a   McInerney, James O ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHENYLACETIC ACID; PHENYLACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OPERON; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

BACTERIA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MODELS, GENETIC; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OPERON; PHENYLACETATES; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 61849136779     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-9-36     Document Type: Article

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