Insights into bacterial genome composition through variable target GC content profiling

Journal of Computational Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 79-96

  Mann, Scott ^a   Li, Jinyan ^b   Chen, Yi Ping Phoebe ^a,c  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c Australian Government Australian Research Council   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bacteria genome nucleotide usage; Buchnera; G+C content; Genome reduction; Staphylococcus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; GENETICS; GENOMICS; METHODOLOGY;

BACTERIA; BASE COMPOSITION; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOMICS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BUCHNERA (PROTEOBACTERIA); ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 77149173190     PISSN: 10665277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cmb.2009.0058     Document Type: Article

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