A protein-based phylogenetic tree for Gram-positive bacteria derived from hrcA, a unique heat-shock regulatory gene

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1387-1394

  Ahmad, Suhail ^a,b   Selvapandiyan, Angamuthu ^a   Bhatnagar, Raj K ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY ICGEB   (India)

^b KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

dnaK operon; Gram positive bacteria; hrcA; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CLOSTRIDIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MYCOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STREPTOMYCES;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; METHANOCOCCUS JANNASCHII; SYNECHOCYSTIS;

EID: 0032756581     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-49-4-1387     Document Type: Article

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