Comparative genomics of archaea: how much have we learned in six years, and what's next?
Open Access
- 1 January 2003
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Genome Biology
- Vol. 4 (8) , 115
- https://doi.org/10.1186/gb-2003-4-8-115
Abstract
With 16 complete archaeal genomes sequenced to date, comparative genomics has revealed a conserved core of 313 genes that are represented in all sequenced archaeal genomes, plus a variable 'shell' that is prone to lineage-specific gene loss and horizontal gene exchange.Keywords
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