Evolutionary divergence and salinity-mediated selection in halophilic archaea

Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 90-104

  Dennis, Patrick P ^a   Shimmin, Lawrence C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; RIBOSOME PROTEIN; SERINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; BACTERIAL GENE; EUBACTERIUM; EVOLUTION; HALOPHILIC BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; REVIEW;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0030760841     PISSN: 10922172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/.61.1.90-104.1997     Document Type: Review

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