Evolutionary dynamics of small RNAs in 27 escherichia coli and shigella genomes

Genome Biology and Evolution

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 330-345

  Skippington, Elizabeth ^a   Ragan, Mark A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Genetic loss; Genome evolution; Horizontal genetic transfer; Lateral genetic transfer; Regulatory networks; sRNAs

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; SHIGELLA;

BACTERIAL RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; SHIGELLA;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; PHYLOGENY; RNA, BACTERIAL; SHIGELLA;

EID: 84863227681     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17596653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evs001     Document Type: Article

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