Strand-biased Gene Distribution in Bacteria Is Related to both Horizontal Gene Transfer and Strand-biased Nucleotide Composition

Genomics, Proteomics and Bioinformatics

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 186-196

  Wu, Hao ^a   Qu, Hongzhu ^a   Wan, Ning ^a   Zhang, Zhang ^a   Hu, Songnian ^a   Yu, Jun ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

GC content; Horizontal gene transfer; Purine asymmetry; Strand biased gene distribution; Strand biased nucleotide composition

Indexed keywords

ISOPROTEIN; NUCLEOTIDE; PROTEIN DNAE; PURINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AT RICH SEQUENCE; BABESIA; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GENOME; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC SELECTION; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; NONHUMAN; POLC GENE; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STRAND BIASED GENE DISTRIBUTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE COMPOSITION; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; NUCLEOTIDES; PURINES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84867710959     PISSN: 16720229     EISSN: 22103244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gpb.2012.08.001     Document Type: Article

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