Structural characteristics of genomic islands associated with GMP synthases as integration hotspot among sequenced microbial genomes

Computational Biology and Chemistry

Volumn 36, Issue , 2012, Pages 62-70

  Song, Lei ^a,b   Pan, Yuting ^b   Chen, Sihong ^b   Zhang, Xuehong ^a  

^a Shanghai Jiao Tong University   (China)

^b SHANGHAI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

AlpA; Genomic island (GI); GMP synthase gene (guaA); Integration hotspot; P4 integrase

Indexed keywords

ALPA; GENOMIC ISLANDS; HOT SPOT; INTEGRASE; SYNTHASE GENE;

ENCODING (SYMBOLS); INTEGRATION; RNA;

GENES;

ARCHAEAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GUANOSINE MONOPHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; LIGASE;

ARCHAEAL GENOME; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GENOMIC ISLAND; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARBON-NITROGEN LIGASES; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; GENOME, ARCHAEAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOMIC ISLANDS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FIRMICUTES; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 84862816671     PISSN: 14769271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiolchem.2012.01.001     Document Type: Article

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