Genetics of Methanococcus: Possibilities for functional genomics in archaea

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-7

  Tumbula, Debra L ^a   Whitman, William B ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; FLAGELLIN; HYDROGEN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; BACTERIAL GENE; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENE ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; METABOLISM; METHANOCOCCUS; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; REPORTER GENE; REVIEW; SHUTTLE VECTOR;

ANAEROBIOSIS; ARCHAEA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; FLAGELLA; FORECASTING; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, REPORTER; GENETIC VECTORS; GENETICS, MICROBIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; METHANOCOCCUS; NITROGEN FIXATION; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 0032970932     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01463.x     Document Type: Review

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