Bringing gene order into bacterial shape.
A different arrangement of a cluster of genes involved in division and cell-wall synthesis separates bacilli from other bacteria in a phylogenetic analysis. We conclude that the relationships between these genes are not random and might reflect significant events in the evolution of the coupling between growth and division in bacteria.
Centro de Astrobiología, INTA/CSIC, 28850 Torrejón de Ardoz, Madrid, Spain. tamames@cnb.uam.es
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D001419:Bacteria / Q000235:genetics*; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D005810:Multigene Family; D010802:Phylogeny