Hyperthermophiles and the problem of DNA instability

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1043-1049

  Grogan, Dennis W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

DNA BASE COMPOSITION; DNA METABOLISM; DNA REPAIR; DNA STRUCTURE; ECOLOGY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOSENSITIVITY; REVIEW; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; DNA REPAIR; DNA, ARCHAEAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; HEAT; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0031744571     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1998.00853.x     Document Type: Review

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