Comparison of archaeal and bacterial genomes: Computer analysis of protein sequences predicts novel functions and suggests a chimeric origin for the archaea

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 619-637

  Koonin, Eugene V ^a   Mushegian, Arcady R ^a,b   Galperin, Michael Y ^a   Walker, D Roland ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b CELERA   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; CHIMERA; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; METHANOCALDOCOCCUS JANNASCHII; METHANOCOCCUS; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; SULFOLOBUS; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP.;

EID: 0030868589     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1997.4821861.x     Document Type: Article

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