Ribonucleotide reductase in the archaeon Pyrococcus furiosus: A critical enzyme in the evolution of DNA genomes?

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 475-478

  Riera, Joan ^a   Robb, Frank T ^b   Weiss, Robert ^c   Fontecave, Marc ^a  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

adenosylcobalamin; Archaea; hyperthermophile; intein; RNA world

Indexed keywords

COBAMAMIDE; DNA; RIBONUCLEOTIDE REDUCTASE; RNA;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; EVOLUTION; GENOME; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARCHAEA; CYSTEINE; DNA; EVOLUTION; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RIBONUCLEOTIDE REDUCTASES; RNA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ARCHAEA; EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA; PYROCOCCUS FURIOSUS;

EID: 0031025616     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.94.2.475     Document Type: Article

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