The mosaicism of plasmids revealed by atypical genes detection and analysis

BMC Genomics

Volumn 12, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Bosi, Emanuele ^a   Fani, Renato ^a   Fondi, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE FLOW; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MOSAICISM; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENY; PLASMID; PROKARYOTE; ARCHAEAL GENE; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; GENETICS; GENOMICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; BASE COMPOSITION; GENES, ARCHAEAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOMICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PLASMIDS;

EID: 79961102682     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-12-403     Document Type: Article

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