Stretches of alternating pyrimidine/purines and purines are respectively linked with pathogenicity and growth temperature in prokaryotes

BMC Genomics

Volumn 10, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Bohlin, Jon ^a,b   Hardy, Simon P ^a   Ussery, David W ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PURINE; PURINE DERIVATIVE; PYRIMIDINE; PYRIMIDINE DERIVATIVE;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HABITAT; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PATHOGENICITY; PROKARYOTE; PROTEOBACTERIA; SALT TOLERANCE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; GENOME; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PROKARYOTIC CELL; TEMPERATURE; XANTHOMONADACEAE;

ACTINOBACTERIA; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; PROTEOBACTERIA;

CELL PROLIFERATION; GENOME; PROKARYOTIC CELLS; PURINES; PYRIMIDINES; TEMPERATURE; XANTHOMONADACEAE;

EID: 68949209106     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-10-346     Document Type: Article

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