The world of archaea: Genome analysis, evolution and thermostable enzymes

Gene

Volumn 179, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 165-170

  Fujiwara, Shinsuke ^a   Okuyama, Shigeya ^a   Imanaka, Tadayuki ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aminoacyl tRNA synthetase; Hyperthermophile; Protease; Pulsed field gel electrophoresis; Pyrococcus

Indexed keywords

CIRCULAR DNA; ENZYME;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME MAP; EVOLUTION; GENOME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; THERMOSTABILITY;

ARCHAEA; ENZYME STABILITY; EVOLUTION; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HEAT; RESTRICTION MAPPING;

ARCHAEA; PYROCOCCUS; PYROCOCCUS SP.;

EID: 0030574267     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(96)00428-3     Document Type: Article

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