Genomic changes following host restriction in bacteria

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 627-633

  Moran, Nancy A ^a   Plague, Gordon R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; ECOLOGY; EUKARYOTIC CELL; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE SEQUENCE; HOST CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOGENE; REVIEW; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

BACTERIA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; VARIATION (GENETICS);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; INSERTION SEQUENCES; PROKARYOTA; UNIDENTIFIED INSERTION SEQUENCE;

EID: 8644224924     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gde.2004.09.003     Document Type: Review

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