An infB-homolog in Sulfolobus acidocaldarius

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 312-321

  Keeling, Patrick J ^a   Baldauf, Sandra L ^a   Doolittle, W Ford ^a   Zillig, Wolfram ^b   Klenk, Hans Peter ^a,b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Archaea; Genome organization; Multiple gene duplication; nusA infB operon; Phylogeny; Sulfolobus acidocaldarius; Translation factors; Translation initiation

Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; ELONGATION FACTOR; INITIATION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; NEGIBACTERIA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SULFOLOBUS; SULFOLOBUS ACIDOCALDARIUS;

EID: 0029907805     PISSN: 07232020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0723-2020(96)80057-9     Document Type: Article

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