Whole-genome phylogenies of the family Bacillaceae and expansion of the sigma factor gene family in the Bacillus cereus species-group

BMC Genomics

Volumn 12, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Schmidt, Timothy R ^a   Scott II, Edgar J ^a   Dyer, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SIGMA FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACILLACEAE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE LOSS; GENE SEQUENCE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES COMPARISON; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; GENOMICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION;

BACILLACEAE; BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS MYCOIDES; BACILLUS PSEUDOMYCOIDES; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS WEIHENSTEPHANENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

BACILLUS CEREUS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE DUPLICATION; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOMICS; PHYLOGENY; SIGMA FACTOR;

EID: 80052022747     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-12-430     Document Type: Article

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