Variable correlation of genome GC% with transfer RNA number as well as with transfer RNA diversity among bacterial groups: α-Proteobacteria and Tenericutes exhibit strong positive correlation

Microbiological Research

Volumn 165, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 232-242

  Satapathy, Siddhartha Sankar ^a   Dutta, Malay ^a   Ray, Suvendra Kumar ^a  

^a TEZPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Evolution; GC ; Genome size; Growth rate; Transfer RNA

Indexed keywords

ANTICODONS; BACTERIAL STRAINS; CODON USAGE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EVOLUTION; GC%; GENOME SIZES; IN-CELL; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; PROTEOBACTERIA; RNA GENES; TRANSFER RNA (TRNA); TRANSLATION RATES; TRNA GENES;

BACTERIOLOGY; GROWTH RATE; RNA;

GENES;

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL RNA; TRANSFER RNA;

BACTERIUM; COEVOLUTION; CORRELATION; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME; GROWTH RATE; PROTEIN; RNA; SELECTION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING;

BACTERIA; BASE COMPOSITION; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME, BACTERIAL; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, TRANSFER;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MOLLICUTES;

EID: 77649190133     PISSN: 09445013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micres.2009.05.005     Document Type: Article

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