Eyeing bacterial genomes.
The density of information in a bacterial genome allows its history, organization and encoded functions to be distilled into a single graphical representation. These features have made it possible to discern the forces acting in and on bacterial genomes at levels not attainable in eukaryotes.
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA. hochman@email.arizona.edu
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D001419:Bacteria / Q000166:cytology / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D001482:Base Composition / Q000235:genetics; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D016680:Genome, Bacterial; D008957:Models, Genetic; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D012407:rRNA Operon / Q000235:genetics