Genomic arrangement of regulons in bacterial genomes

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Zhang, Han ^a,b   Yin, Yanbin ^a,c   Olman, Victor ^a   Xu, Ying ^a,c,d  

^a University of Georgia   (United States)

^b NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c BioEnergy Science Center   (United States)

^d JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENOME; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NONHUMAN; OPERON; REGULON; BIOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI K 12; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME, BACTERIAL; OPERON; REGULON; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84855323173     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0029496     Document Type: Article

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