Sulfolobus genome: From genomics to biology

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 584-588

  Charlebois, Robert L ^a   She, Qunxin ^b   Sprott, David P ^a   Sensen, Christoph W ^c   Garrett, Roger A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEA; SULFOLOBUS; SULFOLOBUS SOLFATARICUS;

BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME; GENETICS; GENOME; MITOSIS; REVIEW; SULFOLOBUS;

CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOMES, ARCHAEAL; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; GENOME, ARCHAEAL; MITOSIS; SULFOLOBUS;

EID: 0032173616     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-5274(98)80093-3     Document Type: Article

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