Unidentified open reading frames in the genome of Methanococcus jannaschii are similar in sequence to an archaebacterial gene for tRNA nucleotidyltransferase

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 686-689

  Thurlow, David L ^a   Pulido, Gina M ^a   Millar, Kristen J ^a  

^a CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cca; Methanococcus jannaschii; Nucleotidyltransferase superfamily; tRNA nucleotidyltransferase

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASE;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; ENZYME ANALYSIS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME; METHANOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARCHAEA; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; METHANOCOCCUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; RNA NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHANOBACTERIUM; METHANOCALDOCOCCUS JANNASCHII; METHANOCOCCUS; SULFOLOBUS; SULFOLOBUS SHIBATAE;

EID: 0030910496     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00013143     Document Type: Article

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