Evolutionary analysis of the hisCGAB(d)FDEH1 gene cluster from the archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus P2

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 13, 1997, Pages 4429-4432

  Charlebois, Robert L ^a,b   Sensen, Christoph W ^b,c   Doolittle, W Ford ^b,d   Brown, James R ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b CANADIAN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED RESEARCH   (Canada)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^d DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTIDINE; BACTERIAL DNA;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GRAM NEGATIVE CHEMOLITHOTROPHIC AND METHANE PRODUCING BACTERIA; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SULFOLOBUS;

ARCHAEA; NEGIBACTERIA; SULFOLOBUS SOLFATARICUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, BACTERIAL; HISTIDINE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SULFOLOBUS;

EID: 0030612596     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.13.4429-4432.1997     Document Type: Article

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