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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2008-01-01
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Series: | BMC Genomics |
Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2164/9/4 |