Comparative genomics of Mycoplasma: Analysis of conserved essential genes and diversity of the pan-genome

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Liu, Wei ^a   Fang, Liurong ^a   Li, Mao ^a   Li, Sha ^a   Guo, Shaohua ^a   Luo, Rui ^a   Feng, Zhixin ^b   Li, Bin ^b   Zhou, Zhemin ^c   Shao, Guoqing ^b   Chen, Huanchun ^a   Xiao, Shaobo ^a  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; ESSENTIAL GENE; GENE LOSS; GENE POOL; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME SIZE; MUTAGENESIS; MYCOPLASMA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENOMICS; TRANSPOSON; BACTERIAL GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GENOMICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

BACTERIAL RNA; RNA 16S;

CONSERVED SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE FREQUENCY; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, ESSENTIAL; GENETIC SPECIATION; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOMICS; MYCOPLASMA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84859974349     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0035698     Document Type: Article

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