Recombination and Population Structure in Escherichia coli

An evolutionary perspective on synonymous codon usage in unicellular organisms

1986 • 874 citations

Amelioration of Bacterial Genomes: Rates of Change and Exchange

1997 • 848 citations

Phylogenetic distribution of branched RNA-linked multicopy single-stranded DNA among natural isolates of Escherichia coli

1990 • 531 citations

GENE TREES AND ORGANISMAL HISTORIES: A PHYLOGENETIC APPROACH TO POPULATION BIOLOGY

1989 • 450 citations

Genetic Diversity and Structure in Escherichia coli Populations

1980 • 422 citations

GENETIC DIVERSITY AND TEMPORAL VARIATION IN THE E. COLI POPULATION OF A HUMAN HOST

1981 • 286 citations

Multilocus genetic structure in natural populations of Escherichia coli.

1983 • 234 citations

THE POPULATION GENETICS OF ESCHERICHIA COLI

1984 • 233 citations

Host-Controlled Modification of Bacteriophage

1965 • 232 citations

PERIODIC SELECTION, INFECTIOUS GENE EXCHANGE AND THE GENETIC STRUCTURE OF E. COLI POPULATIONS

1981 • 218 citations

SELECTIVE MECHANISMS IN BACTERIA

1951 • 198 citations

Repeat unit polysaccharides of bacteria: a model for polymerization resembling that of ribosomes and fatty acid synthetase, with a novel mechanism for determining chain length

1993 • 182 citations

Gene transfer is a major factor in bacterial evolution

1996 • 128 citations

Genetic exchange among natural isolates of bacteria: recombination within the phoA gene of Escherichia coli.

1988 • 124 citations

GENETIC CONTROL OF RESTRICTION AND MODIFICATION IN ESCHERICHIA COLI

1964 • 123 citations

HOST SPECIFICITY OF DNA PRODUCED BY ESCHERICHIA COLI. VI. EFFECTS ON BACTERIAL CONJUGATION

1965 • 110 citations

A possible role for DNA restriction in bacterial evolution.

1986 • 89 citations

Clustered Third-Base Substitutions Among Wild Strains of Escherichia coli

1983 • 82 citations

The diversity of alleles at the hsd locus in natural populations of Escherichia coli.

1995 • 79 citations

Transduction, restriction and recombination patterns in Escherichia coli.

1995 • 78 citations

Roles of selection and recombination in the evolution of type I restriction-modification systems in enterobacteria.

1992 • 64 citations

Response to UV damage by four Escherichia coli K-12 restriction systems

1994 • 38 citations

Doing the Conjugative Two-step: Evidence of Recipient Autonomy in Retrotransfer

1996 • 30 citations

RESTRICTION-MODIFICATION IMMUNITY AND THE MAINTENANCE OF GENETIC DIVERSITY IN BACTERIAL POPULATIONS11This research was supported by a grant from the National Institutes of Health, GM 33782.

1986 • 23 citations

Presence of different O antigen forms in three isolates of one clone of Escherichia coli.

1994 • 23 citations

ALLOZYME VARIATION IN E. COLI OF DIVERSE NATURAL ORIGINS

1975 • 18 citations