The euryarchaeotes, a subdomain of Archaea, survive on a single DNA polymerase: Fact or farce?

Genes and Genetic Systems

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 323-336

  Ishino, Yoshizumi ^a   Cann, Isaac K O ^a  

^a BIOMOL ENG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA POLYMERASE;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EURYARCHAEOTA; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PYROCOCCUS FURIOSUS; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ARCHAEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; EURYARCHAEOTA; PYROCOCCUS FURIOSUS;

EID: 0032415809     PISSN: 13417568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1266/ggs.73.323     Document Type: Review

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