Comprehensive computational analysis of bacterial CRP/FNR super family and its target motifs reveals stepwise evolution of transcriptional networks

Genome Biology and Evolution

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 267-282

  Matsui, Motomu ^a   Tomita, Masaru ^a   Kanai, Akio ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cis element; Molecular evolution; Phylogenetics; Spectral clustering; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84876515335     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17596653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evt004     Document Type: Article

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