Comprehensive analysis of pseudogenes in prokaryotes widespread gene decay and failure of putative horizontally transferred genes.docVIP

Open Access Re rch 2004LiuetVoal.lumesea5, Issue 9, Article R64 Comprehensive analysis of pseudogenes in prokaryotes: widespread gene decay and failure of putative horizontally transferred genes Yang Liu*?, Paul M Harrison*, Victor Kunin? and Mark Gerstein* Addresses: *Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, PO Box 208114, New Haven, CT 06520-8114, USA. ?Computational Genomics Group, The European Bioinformatics Institute, EMBL Cambridge Outstation, Cambridge CB10 1SD, UK. ?Current address: Department of Biomedical Informatics, Columbia University, 622 W 168