Persistence drives gene clustering in bacterial genomes

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Gene clustering plays an important role in the organization of the bacterial chromosome and several mechanisms have been proposed to explain its extent. However, the controversies raised about the validity of each of these mechanisms...

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Main Authors: Rocha Eduardo PC, Fang Gang, Danchin Antoine
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2008-01-01
Series:BMC Genomics
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2164/9/4