An AT mutational bias in the tiny GC-rich endosymbiont genome of Hodgkinia

Genome Biology and Evolution

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 24-27

  Van Leuven, James T ^a   McCutcheon, John P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Endosymbiont; GC content; Mutational bias

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDATUS TREMBLAYA PRINCEPS;

ADENINE; BACTERIAL DNA; THYMINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM; DISORDERS OF DNA SYNTHESIS AND REPAIR; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; DNA REPAIR; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MUTATION; POPULATION GENETICS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SYMBIOSIS;

ADENINE; BACTERIA; BASE COMPOSITION; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPAIR-DEFICIENCY DISORDERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SYMBIOSIS; THYMINE;

EID: 84862998369     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17596653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evr125     Document Type: Article

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