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Frequency of leading strand genes

Range	essential genes 96%: non-essential genes 74% %
Organism	Bacteria Bacillus subtilis
Reference	Rocha EP. The replication-related organization of bacterial genomes. Microbiology. 2004 Jun150(Pt 6):1609-27. p.1613 right column bottom paragraphPubMed ID15184548
Comments	"In B. subtilis, the frequency of leading strand essential genes (96 %) and non-essential genes (74 %) is radically different and is independent of expression levels."
Entered by	Uri M
ID	110941