Phylogenomic analysis of natural selection pressure in <it>Streptococcus </it>genomes
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>In comparative analyses of bacterial pathogens, it has been common practice to discriminate between two types of genes: (i) those shared by pathogens and their non-pathogenic relatives (core genes), and (ii) those found exclusively i...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2007-08-01
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Series: | BMC Evolutionary Biology |
Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/7/154 |