Bacterial DNA uptake sequences can accumulate by molecular drive alone

Genetics

Volumn 186, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 613-627

  Maughan, H ^a,b   Wilson, L A ^a,c   Redfield, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; COMPETENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENSITY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NEISSERIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PASTEURELLA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALGORITHMS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELL CYCLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; NEISSERIA; PASTEURELLACEAE;

EID: 78951473216     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: 00166731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.110.119438     Document Type: Article

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