Scaling laws in functional genome content across prokaryotic clades and lifestyles

Trends in Genetics

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 243-247

  Molina, Nacho ^a   van Nimwegen, Erik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

CLADISTICS; FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS; GENE DELETION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE NUMBER; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENOME SIZE; LAW; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; PROKARYOTES BY HABITAT; SHORT SURVEY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

GENOME, BACTERIAL; PROKARYOTIC CELLS;

PROKARYOTA;

EID: 66449114096     PISSN: 01689525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tig.2009.04.004     Document Type: Short Survey

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