Eight of fourteen gyp genes are sufficient for formation of gas vesicles in halophilic archaea

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 15, 2000, Pages 4328-4336

  Offner, Sonja ^a,c   Hofacker, Annette ^a   Wanner, Gerhard ^b   Pfeifer, Felicitas ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c MICROMET AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ISOPROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN GVP; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ARCHAEAL PROTEIN; GAS VESICLE PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DELETION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HALOBACTERIUM SALINARUM; HALOFERAX VOLCANII; HALOPHILIC BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENE; GENETICS; HALOBACTERIUM; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PHYSIOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; GENES, ARCHAEAL; HALOBACTERIUM; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0033623952     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.15.4328-4336.2000     Document Type: Article

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