Novel evolutionary histories and adaptive features of proteins from hyperthermophiles

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 288-291

  Robb, Frank T ^a   Maeder, Dennis L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHAPERONIN;

ADAPTATION; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; BACTERIAL GROWTH; EVOLUTION; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STABILITY; SHORT SURVEY; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0031865608     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0958-1669(98)80061-X     Document Type: Article

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