Predicting plasmid promiscuity based on genomic signature

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 192, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 6045-6055

  Suzuki, Haruo ^a,b   Yano, Hirokazu ^a   Brown, Celeste J ^a   Top, Eva M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRINUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOMICS; HOST RANGE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAXONOMY;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CODON; DNA, BACTERIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; PLASMIDS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 78049418891     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00277-10     Document Type: Article

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