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.
Ochman
Howard
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Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA. hochman@email.arizona.edu
Santos
Scott R
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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