GENOME STRUCTURE OF BACTERIA - UNIFORMITY OR DIVERSITY

Authors
PROZOROV AA
Citation
Aa. Prozorov, GENOME STRUCTURE OF BACTERIA - UNIFORMITY OR DIVERSITY, Genetika, 31(6), 1995, pp. 741-752
Citations number
78
Categorie Soggetti
Genetics & Heredity
Journal title
Genetika → ACNP
ISSN journal
00166758
Volume
31
Issue
6
Year of publication
1995
Pages
741 - 752
Database
ISI
SICI code
0016-6758(1995)31:6<741:GSOB-U>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
This paper is a survey of data, indicating that, in contrast to widely adopted ideas, bacterial chromosomes and plasmids are not only circul ar, but also linear. Moreover, certain bacteria contain at least two d ifferent chromosomes per cell. Examples of other unusual genome proper ties in certain representatives of bacteria are also considered.