Short repeats and IS elements in the extremely radiation-resistant bacterium Deinococcus radiodurans and comparison to other bacterial species

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 150, Issue 9-10, 1999, Pages 711-724

  Makarova, Kira S ^a,b,d   Wolf, Yuri I ^a,b   White, Owen ^c   Minton, Ken ^d   Daly, Michael J ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF CYTOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

^c J CRAIG VENTER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Deinococcus radiodurans; Genome analysis; Repeated sequences

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GENETICS; DEINOCOCCUS RADIODURANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOSENSITIVITY; REVIEW;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DEINOCOCCUS RADIODURANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0033398805     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0923-2508(99)00121-7     Document Type: Article

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