The unexpected complexity of bacterial genomes

Microbiology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 162, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 1167-1172

  Grainger, David C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; REGULATOR PROTEIN; TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; DNA BINDING; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; OVERLAPPING GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RNA SYNTHESIS; RNA TRANSCRIPTION;

EID: 85009908648     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: 14652080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/MIC.0.000309     Document Type: Article

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