Stretches of alternating pyrimidine/purines and purines are respectively linked with pathogenicity and growth temperature in prokaryotes

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The genomic fractions of purine (RR) and alternating pyrimidine/purine (YR) stretches of 10 base pairs or more, have been linked to genomic AT content, the formation of different DNA helices, strand-biased gene distribution, DNA stru...

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Main Authors: Hardy Simon P, Bohlin Jon, Ussery David W
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2009-07-01
Series:BMC Genomics
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2164/10/346