The composition of the global and feature specific cyanobacterial core-genomes

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue MAR, 2015, Pages

  Simm, Stefan ^a   Keller, Mario ^a   Selymesi, Mario ^a   Schleiff, Enrico ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anabaena sp. PCC 7120; Comparative genomics; Core genome; Cyanobacteria; Genotypic and phenotypic differences; Ortholog search

Indexed keywords

LPTD PROTEIN; OMP85 PROTEIN; OPRB PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CYANOBACTERIUM; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

CYANOBACTERIA; NOSTOC SP. PCC 7120; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 84927518999     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00219     Document Type: Article

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