The layout of a bacterial genome

FEBS Letters

Volumn 586, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 2043-2048

  Képès, François ^a,b   Jester, Brian C ^a   Lepage, Thibaut ^a   Rafiei, Nafiseh ^a   Rosu, Bianca ^a   Junier, Ivan ^a,c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE FOR GENOMIC REGULATION CRG   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Co functional gene; Codon bias; Genome layout and design; Replication; Transcription

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

BACTERIAL GENOME; CHROMOSOME REPLICATION; CODON USAGE; CONFORMATION; DNA SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUBACTERIUM; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NOISE REDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA TRANSLATION;

BACTERIA; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84863629060     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: 18733468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2012.03.051     Document Type: Review

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